Dictionary

contrarily en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English contrary Middle English -ly English -ly English contrarily From contrary + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
   • Contrarily the iamb's weak element (= the iamb's Senkung) mostly is free in being either 1 or 2 m.u. long, which longnesses may be effected by *v* (1 m.u.), *vv* (2 m.u.), or *-* (2 m.u.) 2000 March 9, Dr. Axel Bergmann, “Re: Aquilius (?), Latin metre”, in humantities.classics (Usenet):
   • Contrarily to epithelial-genital strains, LGV and oculotropic strains do not encode a functional cytotoxin [81, 85 ]. 2015 July 25, “Chlamydia trachomatis In Vivo to In Vitro Transition Reveals Mechanisms of Phase Variation and Down-Regulation of Virulence Factors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Forms

Antonyms

identically · similarly

Hypernyms

dissimilarly

Hyponyms

on the contrary · back to front · vice versa · upside down · cross-handed · inside out

Synonyms

arse about face · reversedly · backwards · contra · contrastedly · in contrast · contrariwise · gainwise · contrarily · counter

Translations (13)

sv tvärtom (in a contrary manner) · ro în mod contrar (in a contrary manner) · ca contràriament (in a contrary manner) · pl przeciwnie (in a contrary manner) · sv på motsatt sätt (in a contrary manner) · fr contrairement (à) (in a contrary manner) · nl daarentegen (in a contrary manner) · pt contrariamente (in a contrary manner) · fr au contraire (in a contrary manner) · eo kontraŭe (in a contrary manner) · de dagegen (in a contrary manner) · es contrariamente (in a contrary manner) · ro în mod invers (in a contrary manner)