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oppositely, adv.|ˈɒpəzɪtlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In an opposite position or direction; so as to be opposite († to, † against); on opposite sides.
oppositely pinnate: see quot. 1753.
1593Rites & Mon. Ch. Durh. (Surtees) 49 Oppositlie & firste to St Marie is placed y⊇ picture of Thom's Langley. 1602Carew Cornwall (1723) 154 The watch-towre, mencioned by Orosius, and oppositely placed to such another in Galitia. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf (Pinnated), The oppositely pinnated [leaves]..when the folioles stand opposite to one another on the common petiole. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 154 Calyx 4-leaved, inferior, oppositely imbricated in æstivation. 1862Ellacombe in Church Bells (1883) 15 Sept. 808/1 The bells would be pulled to follow each other oppositely. c1864E. Dickinson Poems (1955) II. 695 A Suspicion..That I am looking oppositely For the site of the Kingdom of Heaven—. 1929R. Bridges Testament Beauty iii. 129 Thatt other hath the arm bent down and oppositely nerved.
2. a. In an opposite or contrary manner; † in reverse order; in opposition or contrast (obs.).
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 11 Iris..being..stricken of the Sunne his beames..doth represent..both the figure and colours of the Rainebow upon the wall next to it, and that oppositely. 1649Bounds Publ. Obed. 63 Have not our Antagonists..observ'd them..to have as oppositly, yet as peremtorily differ'd from one another, as people of any family ever did? 1792Anecd. W. Pitt I. iv. 81 His country and he are..equally, though oppositely, concerned. 1843Mill Logic iii. ix. §2 (1856) I. 449 The..body which is to be oppositely electrified is the surrounding atmosphere.
b. On the contrary, contrariwise; conversely.
1681J. Flavel Meth. Grace xxiv. 410 This sin against the Spirit is..the deadly stop to the whole work of salvation: oppositely, when the spirit is received..into that soul the eternal love of God [etc.]..run freely. 1909Bodleian Mar. 3/1 ‘You can have a dead rat,..but not a dead artist.’ But oppositely, and appositely, a dead rat has no signification. 1972Science 27 Oct. 425/1 Or oppositely, should we encourage economic growth. |