Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In other ways; otherwise.
- Different; of another sort or kind; other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete In another manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete In
another manner .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Here comes Sir Toby halting; you shall hear more: but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did.
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[Enter SIR TOBY BELCH and Clown] Here comes Sir Toby halting; you shall hear more: but if he had not been in drink, he would have tickled you othergates than he did.
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I will have thee to understand once for all that I am no dotard, as thou deemest me, and this she hath right well perceived, she; but I will make her feel it othergates fashion, so once I get my claw into her back; by the very body of Christ, I will lead her such a dance that she will run after me, as the madwoman after her child. '
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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you shall hear more: but if he had not been in drink he would have tickled you othergates than he did.
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