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Meaning of otherly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to something or someone else; different.
  2. Pertaining or directed toward others; otherish.

Examples

“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 [...]”
“[...] 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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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