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elsewise

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈɛlswaɪz/

adv

Etymology: 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.

  1. 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.’