Distinctive
Distinctive adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Otherwise and distinctive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Otherwise" instead an adjective "Distinctive".
Otherwise
Otherwise adjective - Other than as supposed or expected.
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Synonyms for Otherwise
Distinctive and otherwise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Distinctive" instead an adjective "Otherwise".
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Related pairs
- separate and distinctive
- separate and otherwise
- single and distinctive
- single and otherwise
- distinct and distinctive
- distinct and otherwise
- distant and distinctive
- distant and otherwise
- unequal and distinctive
- unequal and otherwise
- contrasting and distinctive
- contrasting and otherwise
- peculiar and distinctive
- peculiar and otherwise
Both words in one sentence
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You never see any of those (fairly distinctive) architectural features otherwise.
Source: Benevolent Architecture -
The samples are mostly unrecognizable because they're sped up a lot or otherwise heavily manipulated, but the very end of the song is a couple of seconds of the theme's distinctive whistling.
Source: Music / Soul Coughing -
An episode of Monk featured an otherwise standard cult whose members would disseminate their leader's literature on the street while wearing distinctive uniforms.
Source: Church of Happyology
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