ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Otherly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Otherly is an adjective meaning Pertaining to something or someone else; different.

Meaning

Pertaining to something or someone else; different.

More Meanings

  1. Pertaining or directed toward others; otherish.
  2. (nonstandard) Otherwise; differently.

Example Sentences

[...] sense of cultural pride, we have become fixated on the only apparent characteristic that labels us as otherly.
He has no needs or wants that are not met within the eternal community of otherly love known as the triune Godhead of Father, Son, and Spirit. God doesn't need us.
As against this "otherly" and warlike definition, there occurs and recurs, both in the public relations literature and in the serious discussion of policy, a more "brotherly" and peaceful set of themes, parallel to those which permit [...]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include otherish, alterous, otherlandish, differential, third-party, outwardlooking.

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