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Professor Southern gave us some stimulating reflections about the aims, development, and achievements (or otherwise) of the Honour School of Modern History—W. A. Pantin, 1972

It's the balance of foods you eat that is healthy or otherwise—Which?, 1989.

Fowler (1926) castigated this use of or otherwise to mean 'or the opposite (of a given noun, adjective, or adverb)' and urged rephrasing (e.g. achievements or failures, healthy or unhealthy), but these alternatives clearly do not convey the same sense of antithesis. In any case, the language has moved on, and the type condemned by Fowler is now in standard use.

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adv.

No better.

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Varying from the supposed or expected adv. - In alternate respects, ways or manners.

A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics. — Harry Truman, Source: Memoirs

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - anderledes, ellers
adj. - anderledes

idioms:

• and otherwise    og i andre henseender
• or otherwise    ellers

Nederlands (Dutch)
anders, overigens

Français (French)
adv. - autrement, ou non, le contraire, pas le cas, à part cela, par ailleurs
adj. - différent
conj. - sinon, autrement, sans quoi

idioms:

• and otherwise    et par ailleurs, et à part cela
• or otherwise    d'une manière ou d'une autre, ou non

Deutsch (German)
adv. - sonst, andernfalls, ansonsten, im übrigen
adj. - sonstig
conj. - sonst

idioms:

• and otherwise    und
• or otherwise    oder

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - άλλως, αλλιώς, διαφορετικά
pron. - αλλιώς
conj. - (ειδ)άλλως, ειδεμή

idioms:

• and otherwise    και το αντίθετο
• or otherwise    ή άλλως, ή το αντίθετο

Italiano (Italian)
d'altronde, altrimenti

idioms:

• or/and otherwise    d'altronde

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - de outra maneira
adj. - diferente
conj. - caso contrário

idioms:

• or/and otherwise    e/ou caso contrário

Русский (Russian)
в остальном, иначе, в противном случае

idioms:

• or/and otherwise    ни/и какой-либо иной

Español (Spanish)
adv. - de otra manera, de otro modo, por lo demás, aparte de eso, de lo contrario, en otro caso, por otra parte, fuera de eso
adj. - de otra manera, de otro modo
conj. - de otra manera, de otro modo, si no, de lo contrario

idioms:

• and otherwise    y de lo contrario
• or otherwise    o de lo contrario

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - annars
adv. - annorlunda, på annat sätt
pron. - annan
conj. - annars

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
否则, 别的方式, 不同地, 另外的, 其他方面的

idioms:

• and otherwise    等等
• or otherwise    或其反面, 或相反

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 否則, 別的方式, 不同地
adj. - 另外的, 其他方面的

idioms:

• and otherwise    等等
• or otherwise    或其反面, 或相反

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 다른 방법으로, 만약 그렇지 않다면
adj. - 다른, 그렇지 않았더라면~인

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 別の方法で, 他の点では
adj. - 別の
conj. - そうでなければ, さもないと

idioms:

• or/and otherwise    …または別の方法で, …あるいはその反対

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) وإلا (ظرف) من ناحيه أخرى (ضمير) خلافا لذلك (حرف عطف) وإلا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮אחרת, חוץ מזה, בנסיבות אחרות, מבחינות אחרות, בדרך אחרת‬
adj. - ‮במצב אחר‬

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