Meanings
adverbotherways (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteOtherwise; in different circumstances.
[…] you must now serve the upper part thereof with water as well as the under, and thereby keep the sap in equal motion, as well below as above ground; otherways the young branches of your trees will be parched, instead of being nourished […]
1759, James Justice, The British Gardener's Calendar - Scotlandnot comparableobsoleteIn a similar or comparable way; similarly.
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adverbOtherwise; by another means; in other respects
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APA
otherways. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otherways
MLA
“otherways.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otherways. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “otherways,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otherways.
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