1. In a different manner; in another way, or in other ways; differently; contrarily. Chaucer.
Thy father was a worthy prince,
And merited, alas! a better fate;
But Heaven thought otherwise.
Addison. 2. In other respects.
It is said, truly, that the best men otherwise are not always the best in regard of society.
Hooker. 3. In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept.
Otherwise, like so and thus, may be used as a substitute for the opposite of a previous adjective, noun,
etc.
Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me.
2 Cor. xi. 16.
Her eyebrows . . . rather full than otherwise.
Fielding. Othman
(Oth"man) n. & a. See Ottoman.
Otic
(O"tic) a. [Gr. fr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear: cf. F. otique.] Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the
ear; auricular; auditory.
Otiose
(O"ti*ose`) a. [L. otiosus, fr. otium ease.] Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.
"Otiose assent." Paley.
The true keeping of the Sabbath was not that otiose and unrofitable cessation from even good deeds
which they would enforce.
Alford. Otiosity
(O`ti*os"ity) n. [L. otiositas.] Leisure; indolence; idleness; ease. [R.] Thackeray.
Otis
(||O"tis) n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. .] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the bustards.
Otitis
(||O*ti"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the ear.
Oto-
(O"to-) [Gr. o'y^s, 'wto`s, the ear.] A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near or
in, the ear.
Otoba fat
(O*to"ba fat`) (Chem.) A colorless buttery substance obtained from the fruit of Myristica otoba,
a species of nutmeg tree.
Otoconite
(O*toc"o*nite) n. [Oto- + Gr. dust.] (Anat.) (a) A mass of otoliths. (b) An otolith.
Otocrane
(O"to*crane) n. [Oto- + Gr. skull.] (Anat.) The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the
internal ear are lodged.
Otocranial
(O`to*cra"ni*al) a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.
Otocyst
(O"to*cyst) n. [Oto- + cyst.] (Zoöl. & Anat.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory
organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the
parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.
Otography
(O*tog"ra*phy) n. [Oto- + -graphy.] A description of the ear.
Otolith
(O"to*lith O"to*lite) n. [Oto- + -lith, -lite.] (Anat.) One of the small bones or particles of calcareous
or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an
ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.
