Stand up to that woman, sensible or not (9)
I believe the answer is:
otherwise
'not' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'stand up to that woman sensible' is the wordplay.
'stand up' says the letters should be written backwards (in a down clue, the word stands upside down).
'that woman' becomes 'her' (I've seen this before**).
'sensible' becomes 'wise'.
'to' backwards is 'ot'.
'ot'+'her'+'wise'='OTHERWISE'
'or' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for otherwise that I've seen before include "Alternatively" , "Apart from that" , "Under different conditions" , "White rose seen in a different way" , "in different circumstances" .)