"otherwise"

[Odessa Dawn]

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"In anthropology and archaeology, a complex society is a social formation that is otherwise described as a formative or developed state."
More: Complex society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Does otherwise right here mean "1. In another way; differently?"
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[Raymott]

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"In anthropology and archaeology, a complex society is a social formation that is otherwise described as a formative or developed state."
More: Complex society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Does otherwise right here mean "1. In another way; differently?"
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Yes