elsewise
English
Etymology
From else + -wise.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛlswʌɪz/
Adverb
elsewise (not comparable)
- Synonym of otherwise.
- 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 748:
- ‘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 2011, p. 748:
Related terms
- elsewhere
- else if