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otherwise

How many syllables in otherwise?

  3 syllables

Divide otherwise into syllables:   oth-er-wise
Primary syllable stress:   oth-er-wise
Secondary syllable stress:   oth-er-wise
How to pronounce otherwise:   uhth-er-wahyz
How to say otherwise:

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1 syllable
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      What rhymes with otherwise

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