Under the circumstances, I can't believe otherwise.
3.
in other respects:
an otherwise happy life.
conjunction
4.
or else; if not:
Button up your overcoat, otherwise you'll catch cold.
adjective
5.
other or different; of another nature or kind:
We hoped his behavior would be otherwise.
6.
in other or different circumstances:
An otherwise pleasure had become a grinding chore.
Origin
before 900;Middle English;Old English (on) ōthre wīsan (in) another manner. See other, -wise
Examples from the web for otherwise
All positions are tenure-track except where otherwise noted.
otherwise the economy may suffer a deep recession which will cut the tax revenues governments need to service their own debt.
Unless otherwise noted, the compounds mentioned below are in the early stages of human testing.
The housing is too cheap and the folks are too kind for it to be otherwise.
Store cookies at room temperature unless recipe directs otherwise.
otherwise it's all down to bad guys and good guys, which is really boring.
It's a taxable but otherwise free perk at my college.
The results confirmed that despite the otherwise pristine appearance of the marsh, oil residues remained.
Even so, thousands of law-enforcement officers on our streets are being told otherwise.
The resulting multiple perspectives provide possibilities that might otherwise not have been.
British Dictionary definitions for otherwise
otherwise
/ˈʌðəˌwaɪz/
sentence connector
1.
or else; if not, then: go home — otherwise your mother will worry
adverb
2.
differently: I wouldn't have thought otherwise
3.
in other respects: an otherwise hopeless situation
adjective
4.
(predicative) of an unexpected nature; different: the facts are otherwise
pronoun
5.
something different in outcome: success or otherwise
Usage note
The expression otherwise than means in any other way than and should not be followed by an adjective: no-one taught by this method can be other than (not otherwise than) successful; you are not allowed to use the building otherwise than as a private dwelling
Word Origin
C14: from Old English on ōthre wīsan in other manner
Word Origin and History for otherwise
adv.
contracted from Old English phrase on oðre wisan "in the other manner" (see other + wise (n.)), which in Middle English became oþre wise, and mid-14c. oþerwise. As an adjective from c.1400.