† contrairlyadv.
Obsolete.
contrarily adv.; contrariwise.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adverb]
witherc1200
contrariouslyc1380
overthwartlya1425
adversarilyc1475
incontrary1488
incontrair?a1500
contrairly1535
thwartly1558
adversatively1571
sinisterlya1600
kim-kam1603
antagonistically1610
cross1614
oppositively1622
thwarta1628
counter1643
reverse1649
counter-bias1656
contrariwise1682
contrarily1781
antipathetically1818
opposingly1842
hostilely1876
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb]
fromward?c1225
contrariouslyc1380
contrarying to1382
reversinglya1425
contrary1463
clean fro1483
repugnantly?1526
diametrally?1533
contrairly1535
in diameter1543
thwartly1558
oppositely1567
contrarily1570
contrariwise1574
diameter-wise1600
diameterly1603
reciprocallya1628
diametrically1633
counter1643
encounter1660
polarly1670
Antarcticallya1711
contrariantly1796
antithetically1816
tout au contraire1841
antistrophically1842
contrapositively1858
in reverse1869
at cross-corners with1892
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xx. 11 They deale contrarely with vs.
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xii. sig. D iij v If they bee of contrarie shadow, worke contrarely.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Confession in Catech. 3 To..dispaire in Gode his mercy, as contrairly to think to get heauen without exercise in gude workes.
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