Out in the cold

Definition

otherwise /'ʌðǝwaÇz/ adv ၁။ သို႔မဟုတ္လွ်င္။ 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။ မွတစ္ပါး။ မွလြဲ၍။ The rent is rather high, but otherwise the house is fine. ❍ He was slightly bruised, but otherwise unhurt. ၃။ တစ္နည္းအားျဖင့္။ အျခား။ တျခား။ 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 ] သို႔မဟုတ္ အျခားအေၾကာင္း ေၾကာင့္ျဖစ္ေစ။ သို႔မဟုတ္ အျခားနည္းျဖင့္ျဖစ္ေစ။ the desirability or otherwise of these changes ❍ We insure against all damage, accidental or otherwise.

Examples

1. I hope the weather improves. Otherwise
2. we’ll have to cancel the picnic.
3. The programme has saved thousands of children who would otherwise have died.
4. Of course they’re interested. Otherwise they wouldn’t be asking about prices.
5. He must be fairly intelligent
6. otherwise he wouldn’t have got into university.
7. Sarah believed Tony was innocent. Indeed she had never thought otherwise.
8. I plan to wait here unless someone tells me otherwise.
9. Governments must not ban or otherwise prevent the sale of legally imported goods.
10. Library books should not be marked
11. defaced
12. or otherwise damaged.
13. The driver suffered shock but was otherwise unhurt.
14. We have a slight problem with the temperature control
15. but otherwise everything’s fine.