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conˈtrariously, adv. rare in mod. use.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a contrarious manner; in opposition or hostility; with self-willed perversity.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 60 Siþ prelatis comen in stede of apostlis, hou may þei for schame lyue so contrariously aȝenst here pore lif. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 24 Fortune is double..Contra[r]iously she will his chaunge dispose. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 331 He demeanyd hym..so contraryouslye vnto the weale & good ordre of y⊇ cytie. 1506Sir R. Guylforde Pilgr. (Camden) 59 The wynde arose eftsones so contrariously ayenst vs. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, i. ii. 206 Many things hauing full reference To one consent, may worke contrariously. 1606G. W[oodcocke] tr. Hist. Ivstine 132 b, He was so contrariously afflicted in many battels. 1867Hales Introd. Eger & Grime in Percy Folio I. 352 Affection often..expresses itself contrariously. It is much given to irony. |