elsewise

adv

elsewise

adv

UK /ˈɛlswaɪz/

Etymology From else + -wise.

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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:
Related terms
elsewhere, else if

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