otherwise
/ˈʌðəwʌɪz/
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ot - her - wise -> otherwise
(adv) တစ်မျိုး တစ်နည်းအားဖြင့်။ (conj) အကယ်၍ မဟုတ်ခဲ့လျှင်။
၁။ သို့မဟုတ်လျှင်။ I had no problems, otherwise I would have telephoned you. ❍ These changes mean that we will spend less money than would otherwise have been the case.
၂။ မှတစ်ပါး။ မှလွဲ၍။ The rent is rather high, but otherwise the house is fine. ❍ He was slightly bruised, but otherwise unhurt.
၃။ တစ်နည်းအားဖြင့်။ အခြား။ တခြား။ mulled wine, otherwise known as Gluhwein ❍ I wanted to see him, but he was otherwise engaged (ie doing something else). ❍ The project was a failure, and it's no use pretending otherwise.
❏ or otherwise [IDM ] သို့မဟုတ် အခြားအကြောင်း ကြောင့်ဖြစ်စေ။ သို့မဟုတ် အခြားနည်းဖြင့်ဖြစ်စေ။ the desirability or otherwise of these changes ❍ We insure against all damage, accidental or otherwise.
- I hope the weather improves. Otherwise, we’ll have to cancel the picnic.
- The programme has saved thousands of children who would otherwise have died.
- Of course they’re interested. Otherwise they wouldn’t be asking about prices.
- He must be fairly intelligent, otherwise he wouldn’t have got into university.
- Sarah believed Tony was innocent. Indeed she had never thought otherwise.
- I plan to wait here unless someone tells me otherwise.
- Governments must not ban or otherwise prevent the sale of legally imported goods.
- Library books should not be marked, defaced, or otherwise damaged.
- The driver suffered shock but was otherwise unhurt.
- We have a slight problem with the temperature control, but otherwise everything’s fine.
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