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Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English else Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English elsewise From else + -wise.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Synonym of otherwise.
   • ‘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, published 2011, page 748:

Relateds

else if · elsewhere

Synonyms

otherwise