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Mr genuine Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Otherwise

We are familiar with products and even places, such as Las Vegas or Venice, being marketed as brands. Now, just as products and places must compete to attract the attention of potential buyers and tourists, people, too, are looking to create distinctive brands for themselves to separate themselves from the anonymity of the crowd. In other words, these people want to become highly visible. In the past, an [otherwise] ordinary person might be elevated to high visibility—or celebrity—by birth (Prince William), extraordinary talent (Venus Williams), or some heroic deed (Captain Sully Sullenberger, who landed U.S. Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River). However, these days, there is a new kind of celebrity.

What's the definition of "otherwise" here? (Refer to this link, please)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/otherwise
  

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Mr genuine What's the definition of "otherwise" here? except for what's being referred to.

— Mister Micawber

  • Mr genuine What's the definition of "otherwise" here?
  • except for what's being referred to.
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Mr genuineWhat's the definition of "otherwise" here?
except for what's being referred to.
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Mr genuine an otherwise beautiful film .
That looks more like an adverb to me.
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Mr genuine need another example as an adjective.
It is rare as an adjective, but from Dictionary.com:

adjective
5.
other or different; of another nature or kind:
We hoped his behavior would be otherwise.
6.
in other or different circumstances:
An otherwise pleasure had become a grinding chore.
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But it's an adjective in my original context, isn't it?
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Mr genuineBut it's an adjective in my original context, isn't it?
No, it's an adverb: otherwise ordinary person.
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Mr genuineDoes this example have the same usage as the original one?
No, it's definition #5 above.
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But the Cambridge entry introduced it as an adverb. Look here:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/otherwise

This entry:
Otherwise (adv): differently, or in another way
Example No.1:
The
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