## Examples
- Write it down now, otherwise you'll forget.
- The flight was delayed, but otherwise the trip was perfect.
- You may think so, but I believe otherwise.

## Antonyms
- likewise
- thuswise

## Derived Forms
- otherwiseness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: otherwise
- Root: on ōþre wīsan
- Affix: -wise - in the manner of

## Etymology
From Middle English otherwise, othre wise, from Old English on ōþre wīsan (literally “in (on) other/different manner”); equivalent to other + -wise. Compare West Frisian yn oarwei (“otherwise”), Icelandic öðruvísi (“different”).

## AI Etymology
Otherwise comes from Middle English otherwise, othre wise, from Old English on ōþre wīsan (literally “in (on) other/different manner”); equivalent to other + -wise. Compare West Frisian yn oarwei (“otherwise”), Icelandic öðruvísi (“different”). The historical chain includes Middle English otherwise and Old English on ōþre wīsan. Modern senses include if things were different; or else and in all other respects; apart from that. The wider word family includes derivatives such as otherwiseness.

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