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contrariously en · ADV

Etymology

From contrarious + -ly.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Contrarily; oppositely.
   • Thou might not chaunge but if thou from rule of reason varye, in whiche variaunce to come to thilke blysse desyred contrariously thou werches c. 1384, Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love:
   • To one consent, may work contrariously: As many arrows, loosed several ways, Come to one mark. 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

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