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.

Examples of or otherwise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On the one hand, this is one of the rare works, animated or otherwise, that discusses socialism as a better way — or at all. —

Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024 Ameer’s movies, sci-fi or otherwise, have always worn their queerness on their sleeve, and his latest is no exception, though its political entanglements are rarely deeper than cartoonish, caricatured villainy. —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 July 2024 This rule was initially aimed at stamping out fly-by-night Chinese operations recycling dirty or otherwise contaminated material. —

Tian MacLeod Ji, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2024 Many others, like Pisano, will never qualify for a transplant waitlist because they have been deemed too ill or otherwise not a good candidate for a transplant. —

Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for or otherwise

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