contrariwise

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ADVERB
  1. with the order reversed
    she hates him and vice versa
  2. in a contrary disobedient manner
  3. contrary to expectations
    he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends
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How To Use contrariwise In A Sentence

  • He dare not turn the wheel contrariwise.
  • Preacher by his life to giue good example, a Iudge to be incorrupted, solitarie and vnacqainted with Courtiers or Courtly entertainements, & as the Philosopher saith _Oportet iudicem esse rudem & simplicem_, without plaite or wrinkle, sower in looke and churlish in speach, contrariwise a The Arte of English Poesie
  • You can only vote if you are a member. Contrariwise, not all members have the right to vote.
  • He gives permission, and, contrariwise, she refuses it.
  • Contrariwise, the Yiddish haimish means “homely” but is a compliment, suggesting home cooking for food and a homebody for a person who does not long for dancing in nightclubs or trips to spas. The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
  • But contrariwise it was an essential part of corporate liberty that it was open to negotiation.
  • With respect to men in other stations of life he is pleased to say, it is decent for a priest "to be sober and sad;" "a judge to be incorrupted, solitary, and unacquainted with courtiers or courtly entertainments ... without plait or wrinkle, sour in look and churlish in speech; contrariwise a courtly gentleman to be lofty and curious in countenance, yet sometimes a creeper and a curry favell with his superiors. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
  • If either or both had, contrariwise, refused to take part? Fortune's Stanley Bing: Anthony Weiner, Sarah Palin and the Case Against Apology
  • This is where I find myself face to face with a logic that is as "contrariwise" as anything TweedleDee and TweedleDum could debate. Kim Stagliano: The Jabberwocky World of an Autism Mom
  • Madeline, contrariwise, insisted on joining me in the search for food.
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