From else + -wise.

• (British) IPA: /ˈɛlswaɪz/

elsewise (not comparable)

1. Synonym of otherwise.
   • 1999, George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam, published 2011, page 748:

     ‘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.’

• elsewhere
• else if