The adverb ‘otherwise‘ has 3 listings in the English Vocabulary Profile.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
B1 used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion
A search in the NOW corpus for:
, otherwise _P _V
1 , OTHERWISE IT WILL 1394
There are leaders that believe that once they make a decision, everybody must follow, otherwise it will never work.
2 , OTHERWISE IT WOULD 1150
3 , OTHERWISE IT ‘S 1012
4 , OTHERWISE THEY WOULD 1012
5 , OTHERWISE WE WILL 1009
. otherwise , _P _V
1 . OTHERWISE , WE ‘LL 15473
2 . OTHERWISE , YOU CAN 2368
You have to take up such roles. Otherwise, you can be selective and I don’t know how practical that is.
3 . OTHERWISE , IT ‘S 1854
4 . OTHERWISE , IT WILL 1561
5 . OTHERWISE , YOU MAY 1130
NOT INCLUDING
B2 except for what has just been referred to
A search in COCA for collocates of
, but otherwise
1 FINE 33
His hand will hurt in the morning, but otherwise he‘ll be fine.
Larry Fu**ing Walters
2 PRETTY 25
3 LOOKED 21
4 BIT 15
5 CLEAN 8
A search in NOW corpus for:
an otherwise _JJ
1 AN OTHERWISE TENSE 870
2 AN OTHERWISE HEALTHY 838
SUDEP is when an otherwise healthy person with epilepsy dies.
3 AN OTHERWISE STRESSFUL 607
4 AN OTHERWISE EMPTY 526
5 AN OTHERWISE QUIET 524
DIFFERENTLY
C1 different to what has just been stated
A search in NOW corpus for:
_VV otherwise .
1 STATE OTHERWISE. 28278
In some cases, your question will be published, displaying your name, age and location as you provide it
2 INDICATED OTHERWISE. 10194
3 STATED OTHERWISE. 3928
4 SUGGEST OTHERWISE. 2519
5 THINK OTHERWISE. 2101
6 SUGGESTS OTHERWISE. 1978
7 SAY OTHERWISE. 1863
8 SAYS OTHERWISE. 1539
9 PROVEN OTHERWISE. 1421
10 PROVE OTHERWISE. 1414
A search for:
otherwise _VVN
1 OTHERWISE KNOWN 25825
The actor otherwise known for some intense roles,
was seen in the perfect role of Rana, a subtle love interest of Deepika Padukone in Piku with an amazing sense of humor.
2 OTHERWISE USED 12927
3 OTHERWISE ENDORSED 11461
4 OTHERWISE NOTED 9408
5 OTHERWISE STATED 5489