or otherwise
idiom
—used to refer to something that is different from something already mentioned
Intentionally or otherwise, they never told her about the party.
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Why not make that covetable space available, perhaps on a regularly changing basis, to showcase work by Hirst’s younger and less famous Irish counterparts, whiskered or otherwise?
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That selection is lottery protected in 2027 or otherwise unprotected in 2028.
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They should not be thrown, jumped off, eaten, screamed at, or otherwise befouled.
—Eddie Small, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Or otherwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/or%20otherwise. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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