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CONTRARIWISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contrariwise mean?
• CONTRARIWISE (adverb)
The adverb CONTRARIWISE has 3 senses:
1. in a contrary disobedient manner
2. with the order reversed
3. contrary to expectations
Familiarity information: CONTRARIWISE used as an adverb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a contrary disobedient manner
Synonyms:
contrarily; contrariwise; perversely
Sense 2
Meaning:
With the order reversed
Synonyms:
contrariwise; the other way around; vice versa
Context example:
she hates him and vice versa
Sense 3
Meaning:
Contrary to expectations
Synonyms:
contrarily; contrariwise; on the contrary; to the contrary
Context example:
he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends
Context examples
But, unluckily for her ladyship, its effect had been exactly contrariwise.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Indiaman in distress; and you shall go there another day, and find them deep in the evidence, pro and con, respecting a clergyman who has misbehaved himself; and you shall find the judge in the nautical case, the advocate in the clergyman's case, or contrariwise.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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