ではなしに

conjunction

not (that), but rather; without

Used to negate a preceding noun or nominalized clause and introduce an alternative. Often appears in the pattern AではなくB or AではなくてB, meaning 'not A but B'. The form ではなしに is a slightly more colloquial or emphatic variant of ではなく.

• 彼かれは医い者しゃではなしに、教きょう師しです。

  He is not a doctor but a teacher.

• 急いそぐのではなしに、ゆっくりやろう。

  Let's not rush, but take our time.