Scottish Gaelic

Adverb

a chaochladh

1. otherwise

   mura b' aithne dhomh a chaochladh - if I hadn't known otherwise

   bhiodh barrachd eagail air gun a dhol ann na a chaochladh - he would be more afraid to go there than otherwise

Usage notes

• Also used to convey the meaning of the English noun opposite:

  chan e seo saor-thoil ach a chaochladh - this is not free will but the opposite