Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contrariwise"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contrariwise \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.
9.
2. In a contrary order; conversely.
Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the
same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise.
--Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contrariwise
adv 1: in a contrary disobedient manner [syn: {perversely}, {contrarily}]
2: with the order reversed; "she hates him and vice versa"
[syn: {vice versa}, {the other way around}]
3: contrary to expectations; "he didn't stay home; on the
contrary, he went out with his friends" [syn: {contrarily},
{to the contrary}, {on the contrary}]
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