elsewise

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛlswaɪz/   

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Synonym of otherwise. not-comparable
    — ‘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.’

词源

Etymology tree
English else
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
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.
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