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单词 oppositely
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oppositelyadv.

Brit. /ˈɒpəzᵻtli/, /ˈɒpəsᵻtli/, U.S. /ˈɑpɑzətli/
Forms: see opposite n., adj., adv., and prep. and -ly suffix2; also 1600s opposetly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: opposite adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < opposite adj. + -ly suffix2.
1.
a. In an opposite or contrary manner. In early use (also): †in reverse order (obsolete); †in opposition or contrast (obsolete).
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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).
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