'otherwise' definitions:

Definition of 'otherwise'

adverb

In other respects or ways; "he is otherwise normal"; "the funds are not otherwise available"; "an otherwise hopeless situation"

adverb

In another and different manner; "very soon you will know differently"; "she thought otherwise"; "there is no way out other than the fire escape"; [syn: differently, otherwise, other than]

adjective

Other than as supposed or expected; "the outcome was otherwise"

Synonyms of 'otherwise'

From: Moby Thesaurus

a rebours,
against the grain,
alias,
another,
arsy-varsy,
by contraries,
contra,
contrarily,
contrariously,
contrariwise,
conversely,
differently,
disparate,
dissimilar,
distant,
divergent,
diverse,
diversely,
else,
elsewise,
if not,
in another way,
in flat opposition,
in other respects,
in other ways,
inversely,
just the opposite,
nay rather,
not that sort,
not the same,
not the type,
of a sort,
of another sort,
of sorts,
on the contrary,
oppositely,
or else,
other,
other than,
peculiar,
per contra,
quite the contrary,
rare,
rather,
special,
sui generis,
than,
to the contrary,
topsy-turvy,
tout au contraire,
unalike,
unequal,
unique,
unlike,
upside down,
variously,
vice versa