otherly

Meanings

Adjective

• Pertaining to something or someone else; different.
• Pertaining or directed toward others; otherish.

Adverb

• Otherwise; differently.

Origin

• From other + -ly.
• From Middle English otherliche, from Old English ōþerlīċe ("otherwise, differently"), equivalent to other + -ly. Cognate with Old Saxon ōþarlīk, Old High German andarlīh, Icelandic annarligur, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 ("otherwise").