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contrarily

ADVERB
au contraire
Synonyms
WEAK
contrariwise in opposition on the other hand to the contrary
ADVERB
counter
Synonyms
STRONG
opposite
WEAK
against at variance with contrariwise conversely in defiance of versus
Antonyms
WEAK
equally same similarly
ADVERB
differently
Synonyms
STRONGEST
individually negatively separately variously
WEAK
abnormally adversely antagonistically antithetically asymmetrically conflictingly contradictorily contrastingly contrastively discordantly disparately dissimilarly distinctively divergently diversely hostilely in a different manner incompatibly incongruously nonconformably on the contrary on the other hand oppositely poles apart uniquely unorthodoxly unusually vice versa
Antonyms
STRONGEST
together
ADVERB
otherwise
Synonyms
STRONG
differently
WEAK
any other way at another time diversely elseways if not in different circumstances on the other hand or else or then under other conditions variously
ADVERB
unfavorably
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adversely critically
WEAK
conflictingly disparagingly opposingly oppositely unflatteringly untowardly
Antonyms
WEAK
agreeably approvingly favorably positively
ADVERB
vice versa
Synonyms
WEAK
about-face again backwards contra contrariwise contrary conversely far from it in reverse inversely mutatis mutandis on the contrary oppositely reversed the opposite way the other way around turn about upside down

Example Sentences

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Alan Sparhawk, guitarist and vocalist from the Minnesota trio Low, contrarily, turned the sound and tempo down.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2011

In the House, contrarily, a committee was discussing a bill to lease Muscle Shoals to the American Cyanamid Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox is contrarily full of vigor; but ice-cold appraisers praise only his muscles.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are various measures of the money supply, and right now the most important two are behaving contrarily.

From Time Magazine Archive

I had contrarily become something of a devotee of them because they are tough and give good protection against thorns, ticks, insects, and poison ivy—perfect for the woods.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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