otherways

English

Etymology

From other + ways.

Adverb

otherways (not comparable)

  1. Otherwise; by another means; in other respects
    Synonyms: differently, contrarily
  2. (obsolete) Otherwise; in different circumstances.
    • 1759, James Justice, The British Gardener's Calendar
      [] you must now serve the upper part thereof with water as well as the under, and thereby keep the sap in equal motion, as well below as above ground; otherways the young branches of your trees will be parched, instead of being nourished []
  3. (Scotland, obsolete) In a similar or comparable way; similarly.

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Scots

Adverb

otherways (not comparable)

  1. similarly, in a similar way
  2. otherwise; in other respects
  3. differently, contrarily
  4. otherwise, else
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