contrarilyadv.
/ˈkɒntrərɪli/ 1. In a contrary manner, in direct opposition; to the contrary, contrariwise.
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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
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
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 940 Ho sey contraly, I cast heym In cares cold.]
1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Popish Kingdome ii. f. 23 And makes of euery Devill God, contrarily to seeme.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 157 He thinks it crept in among other corruptions: I think contrarily.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 218 This would be..to assert Two Gods, contrarily minded to one another.
1781 S. Johnson Thomson in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IX. 10 Why the dedications are..contrarily to custom, left out.
1875 F. Hall in N.Y. Nation xxi. 339/2 Will any one who recollects his oratory testify contrarily?
2. On the other hand, on the contrary, conversely.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > on the contrary
thereagaina1023
here-againc1200
here-againsta1250
contra1362
againwardc1384
otherwisea1393
on the contrary (formerly by, for, in, of, to the contrary, in contrary)1393
thereagainsta1400
in the contrairc1400
in opposite?a1425
e conversoc1425
contrariwise1480
again?1531
contrarilyc1540
contrary1549
per contra1554
contrariways1588
contradistinctly1623
by or to the contrair1640
counter1662
oppositely1681
on the reverse1753
e contra1815
obversely1869
c1540 A. Borde Bk. for to Lerne A iv a And contraryly euyll and corrupt ayers doth infecte the blode.
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον To Rdr. Illustrated for their Vertues..or contrarily branded for their Vices.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. iii. viii. 91 Contrarily such Coasts as are least supplied with Rivers or Lakes have the weakest Tides.
1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 293 Whom the Venetians, we saw, despised; whom, contrarily, Turner loved.
3. In the contrary way; vice versâ.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > vice versa
againwardslOE
againward1340
econtrary1512
arsy-versy1542
econverse1547
e contra1548
contrariwise1570
contrair1596
e contrario1599
vice versa1601
backward1607
conversively1607
contrarily1656
convertibly1692
the other way1692
reversely1726
conversely1806
vicey-versey1858
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 55 A hot Liver, a cold Brain..and so contrarily.
4. per contrarily (nonce-word): see per contra adv. and n.
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1687 in J. R. Bloxham Magdalen Coll. & James II (1886) 197 You have per contrarily refus'd.
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