单词 | oppositely |
释义 | oppositelyadv. 1. a. In an opposite or contrary manner. In early use (also): †in reverse order (obsolete); †in opposition or contrast (obsolete). ΘΚΠ 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 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 11 Iris..doth represent..both the figure and colours of the Rainebow upon the wall next to it, and that oppositely. 1630 G. Widdowes Schysmatical Puritan A 3 b He is oppositely set, a Contradictist to the Scriptures deduceable sence in three things. 1649 A. Ascham Bounds Publique Obed. 63 Have not our Antagonists..observ'd them..to have as oppositly, yet as peremtorily differ'd one from another, as people of any family ever did? 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. iv. 81 His country and he are..equally, though oppositely, concerned. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. iii. ix. §3 488 The..body which is to be oppositely electrified is the surrounding atmosphere. 1927 N. V. Sidgwick Electronic Theory of Valency iv. 52 Polar or ionizable linkages between the oppositely charged ions of a salt. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xxxv. 232 After the skirmish, he would happily have lingered in the mingled residue of love. Alexandra responded oppositely. b. On the contrary; on the other hand; conversely. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adverb] > on the other hand again?1531 per contra1554 on the other hand1581 e contrario1583 conversively1607 oppositely1681 convertibly1692 conversely1806 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxiv. 410 This sin against the spirit is..the deadly stop and bar to the whole work of salvation: oppositely, when the spirit is received..into that soul the eternal love of God [etc.]..run freely. 1709 R. Gould Wks. II. 388 Some will regularly live, Yet w'on't our holy Faith believe: Others just oppositely fall, And think a true Belief is all. 1909 Bodleian Mar. 3/1 ‘You can have a dead rat,..but not a dead artist.’ But oppositely, and appositely, a dead rat has no signification. 1972 Science 27 Oct. 425/1 Or oppositely, should we encourage economic growth. 1992 T. Healy New Latitudes (BNC) 82 Treating literary texts as documents or, oppositely, as eternal works of art. 2. In an opposite position or direction (†to); on opposite sides. oppositely pinnate adj. Botany having the pinnae or leaflets opposite rather than alternate; contrasted with alternate-pinnate. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adverb] anenteOE theregainsc1330 aforyena1400 overa1400 overthwarta1425 fornent1548 overright against1565 oppositelyc1593 opposite1609 over-right1618 squarely1802 en regard1909 the world > space > direction > [adverb] > in the opposite or reverse direction contrariwise1589 oppositelyc1593 averse1607 opposite1609 contrary1616 reversedly1649 aversely1651 reverse ways1762 contrariways1766 negatively1789 west1793 c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 49 Oppositlie & firste to St Marie is placed ye picture of Thom's Langley. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f.154 The watch-towre, mencioned by Orosius, and oppositely placed to such another in Galitia. 1709 A. Hill Full Acct. Ottoman Empire xxxvii. 264 Some are distinguish'd by small Pillars, oppositely placed in graceful Order. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf (Pinnated) The oppositely pinnated [leaves]..when the folioles stand opposite to one another on the common petiole. 1831 W. Macgillivray tr. A. Richard Elem. Bot. 139 Oppositely pinnate leaves..are said to be..Multijugate, when the pairs of leaflets are in indeterminate number. c1864 E. Dickinson Poems (1955) II. 695 A Suspicion..That I am looking oppositely For the site of the Kingdom of Heaven. 1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iii. 129 Thatt [sic] other hath the arm bent down and oppositely nerved. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics v. 187 A flux gate of two, identical, high-permeability, saturable coils, oppositely wound with identical coils. 1994 P. Davies Last Three Minutes vii. 94 Pairs of Cerenkov light pulses, which would be emitted by the oppositely moving electron-positron pairs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1567 |
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