Example sentence:
I turned up at the entrance of the hotel thirty minutes early to
prepare myself psychologically. In other words, to drown my
nervousness with the whiskey I’d bought at the convenience store.
I thought put differently was a good synonym. But for some reason, it sounds a little different. Maybe I'm wrong.
What's the best synonym for in other words (like applied in the example above)?
Best Answer
I would tentatively say that there is no better synonym for in other words than the expression to put it another way. This is how the Macmillan Dictionary defines it:
It, of course, means exactly the same thing as put differently. The only difference is that, in terms of the flow, to put it another way sounds a lot smoother than put differently in your particular example. I'd also add that it's just better idiomatic English in general.