otherwise

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جور ديگر ، طور ديگر ، وگرنه ، از جهات ديگر ،

وگرنه از جهات ديگر

/uth´ǝr wīz´/adv., adj.

● وگرنه، والا، در غیراین صورت

go, otherwise I will tell your father!

برو والا به پدرت می‌گویم‌!

... give, otherwise the tyrant will take by force

.... بده وگرنه ستمگر به زور بستاند.

we must take a taxi, otherwise we will be late

بایستی تاکسی بگیریم والا دیرمان خواهد شد.

● غیر از این، جز این، طور دیگر، جور دیگر

the truth is quite otherwise

واقعیت با این کاملا فرق دارد.

if conditions were otherwise

اگر شرایط غیر از این بود

I could not act otherwise

نمی‌توانستم جور دیگری عمل کنم.

I would love to come, but I am otherwise engaged

خیلی دلم می‌خواست بیایم ولی کار دیگری دارم.

to believe otherwise is folly

اعتقاد به غیر از این حماقت است.

● از جهات دیگر

an otherwise intelligent person

آدمی که از لحاظ دیگر باهوش است

ریشه

From Middle English 'otherwys', from Old English 'ōþerwīsan', meaning 'in another manner'.

مثال

I wanted to go out, but the weather was too bad; otherwise, I would have gone for a walk.
You should study hard; otherwise, you might fail the exam.
She is usually very friendly, but she was in a bad mood today; otherwise, she would have greeted you.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Otherwise stated Otherwise specified Otherwise indicated Otherwise noted

adverb

in other respects or ways “he is otherwise normal” “the funds are not otherwise available” “an otherwise hopeless situation”
in another and different manner “very soon you will know differently” “she thought otherwise” “there is no way out other than the fire escape” “Derived from adjective: different (for: differently)”

I. adverb
1. Differently, not so.
2. Other causes.
3. In other respects.
II. conjunction
Else, but for this.