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Example sentences from the Web for contrarilyAgain, I say, exact testimonies; in reference unto circumstantial relations so diversly or contrarily delivered. The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 2 of 3)|Thomas Browne Then contrarily he did with the right hand what he had done with the left, and with the left what he had done with the right. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais Contrarily, despondency, or a lethargic state of mind, causes the movement of the blood to slacken. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne|Frank Preston Stearns It did seem hard that things should go so very "contrarily" sometimes. Little Miss Peggy|Mrs. Molesworth
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adverb(kənˈtrɛərɪlɪ) in a perverse or obstinate manner (ˈkɒntrərɪlɪ) on the other hand; from the opposite point of view (ˈkɒntrərɪlɪ) in an opposite, adverse, or unexpected way Words nearby contrarilycontraption, contrapuntal, contrapuntist, contrarian, contrariety, contrarily, contrarious, contrariwise, contrary, contrary motion, contrasexual Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to contrarilyadversely, critically, separately, individually, variously, negatively, differently, opposite, diversely, on the other hand, or else, about-face, again, contrary, reversed, upside down, backwards, contra, contrariwise, conversely |