Meaning of CONTRARIWISE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kântreree`wIz
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- [adv] contrary to expectations; "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
- [adv] with the order reversed; "she hates him and vice versa"
- [adv] in a contrary disobedient manner
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| | Synonyms: | | contrarily, on the contrary, perversely, the other way around, to the contrary, vice versa |
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| | Definition: | | \Con"tra*ri*wise\ (? or ?), adv.
1. On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing;
but contrariwise, blessing. --1 Pet. iii.
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2. In a contrary order; conversely.
Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the
same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise.
--Arbuthnot.
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