obverselyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɒbvəːsli/, U.S.

/əbˈvərsli/,

/ɑbˈvərsli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: obverse adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < obverse adj. + -ly suffix². In botanical use after post-classical Latin obverse, adverb (1749 or earlier).

In an opposite or contrary form or manner; correspondingly; (chiefly in Botany) inversely, in a direction opposite to the usual.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adverb] > tapering or pointed

obversely1752

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

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 565 The tailed Vespertilio, with a foliated and obversely cordated nose.

1849 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 7. 368 An obversely conoid elongated vesicle.

1869 James Mill's Human Mind II. xxiii. 324 (note) And obversely, if a person acts [etc.].

1941 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 14 460 In the case of international relations, generosity is the greatest selfishness, for that which benefits one country ultimately benefits all. Obversely, that which harms one country harms all.

1958 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 45 164 Receptacle infundibuliform,..with two small obversely elliptic bracteoles, 1.5 × 2 mm., near the apex.

1986 R. Ellmann Four Dubliners (1987) 43 Usually he praised life... But there were moments when he could see, obversely, an ultimate emptyness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obversely
释义	obverselyadv. Brit. /ˈɒbvəːsli/, U.S. /əbˈvərsli/, /ɑbˈvərsli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: obverse adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < obverse adj. + -ly suffix². In botanical use after post-classical Latin obverse, adverb (1749 or earlier). In an opposite or contrary form or manner; correspondingly; (chiefly in Botany) inversely, in a direction opposite to the usual. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adverb] > tapering or pointed obversely1752 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 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 565 The tailed Vespertilio, with a foliated and obversely cordated nose. 1849 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 7. 368 An obversely conoid elongated vesicle. 1869 James Mill's Human Mind II. xxiii. 324 (note) And obversely, if a person acts [etc.]. 1941 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 14 460 In the case of international relations, generosity is the greatest selfishness, for that which benefits one country ultimately benefits all. Obversely, that which harms one country harms all. 1958 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 45 164 Receptacle infundibuliform,..with two small obversely elliptic bracteoles, 1.5 × 2 mm., near the apex. 1986 R. Ellmann Four Dubliners (1987) 43 Usually he praised life... But there were moments when he could see, obversely, an ultimate emptyness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1752
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