Otherwise is defined as in other circumstances, other ways or other respects, or can mean "or else."
(adverb)See otherwise in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adverb
Origin: ME othre wise < OE on othre wisan: see wise
adjective
See otherwise in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adverb
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English (on) ōthere wīsan, (in) another manner
Origin: : ōthre
Origin: , dative of ōther, other
Origin: + wīsan
Origin: , dative of wīse, manner; see wise2
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