elsewise
Synonym of otherwise.
Adverb
- Synonym of otherwise.
- ‘Tell me true. If I fell into the hands of your people and yielded myself, what would it win me?’ ‘A slower death than elsewise.’ - 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 748:
Synonyms: otherwise
Origin
Etymology tree English else Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English elsewise From else + -wise.