elsewise
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈɛlswʌɪz/
Adverb

elsewise (not comparable)

  1. (mainly UK) Otherwise.
    • 1999, George RR Martin, A Clash of Kings, Bantam 2011, p. 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.’



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