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Definition of Elsewise
1. adv. Otherwise.
Definition of Elsewise
1. Adverb. (rare) Otherwise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elsewise
1. otherwise [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elsewise
Literary usage of Elsewise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Festus: A Poem by Philip James Bailey (1903)
"... not elsewise than a soul Met sometime on the earth, egregious, pure In honour,
radiant minded, not than men Less cognisant of science, lore mundane, ..."
2. A Song for My Son by George Henry Martin (1890)
"... him who seeks salvation elsewise than from books of eld ; elsewise than in
basest barter—as the price of guiltless blood; Yielding to the Peasant-Martyr ..."
3. The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Complete by Charles Dickens, Thomas Power James (1873)
"... from a corner where it elsewise remained turned up like a shining mahogany
shield. Behind it, when standing thus on the defensive, was a closet, ..."
4. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"elsewise, the world got up at eight, shaved close at a quarter-past, breakfasted
at nine, went to the City at ten, came home at half-past five, ..."
5. The Book of the Courtier by Baldassarre Castiglione (1903)
"Therefore, if I had imitated that manner of writing which in Boccaccio is censured
by those who elsewise praise him, I should not have been able to escape ..."
6. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"... though they be a hundred men ; make then your mind up, if you want Benvenuto
also, to stay here with me, for I do not mean elsewise to let you have him. ..."
7. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1903)
"... being lifted up beyond himself, Did mightier deeds than elsewise he had done," —
so long did the institution flourish to the advantage of Britain and ..."
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