adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   Synonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to some other place. not-comparable, regional

   "And fared like a furious wyld Beare, Whoſe whelpes are ſtolne away, ſhe being otherwhere."

Synonyms

All synonyms

otherwhereassomewhere else

Example

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"And fared like a furious wyld Beare, Whoſe whelpes are ſtolne away, ſhe being otherwhere."

Etymology

From other + where. Compare German anderswo.

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