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English
Adverb
elseways (not comparable)
- Otherwise
1871, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewitt, Hurd & Houghton, page 298:He's rather wearin' in his talk from making up a lot of names; elseways you needn't mind him.
1891 September, Rudyard Kipling, “The Disturber of Traffic”, in The Atlantic, issue:Sometimes you go through Bali Narrows if you're full-powered... Elseways, if you aren't full-powered, why it stands to reason you go round by the Ombay Passage, keeping careful to the north side.
2006, Bryce Courtenay, Solomon's Song, Penguin UK, page 96:It weren't gained on the straight, them two never did deserve it, it were stolen goods, fenced off the poor for a pittance, or gained elseways in an evil manner in Hannah's vile brothel.