otherwhere
UK/ˈʌðə(ɹ)wɛː(ɹ)/
otherwhere adverb: synonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to some other place.
Adverb
otherwhere (not comparable)
- Synonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to some other place.
- And fared like a furious wyld Beare,
Whoſe whelpes are ſtolne away, ſhe being otherwhere.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 499 - Come, Adrian. I think we should be otherwhere.1991 September, Stephen Fry, “[Prelude to chapter 1]”, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section, page 4
- Synonyms:
- somewhere else
- And fared like a furious wyld Beare,
Synonyms of otherwhere
Origin of otherwhere
From other + where. Compare German anderswo.
Words formed from otherwhere
Questions about otherwhere
- What does otherwhere mean?
- Otherwhere means synonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to some other place.
- What part of speech is otherwhere?
- Otherwhere is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce otherwhere?
- Otherwhere is pronounced /ˈʌðə(ɹ)wɛː(ɹ)/ (UK).
Words near otherwhere in the dictionary
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