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adverb
Contrarily  adv.  In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Contrarily" Quotes from Famous Books



... upon my own mind has been just the reverse of this. The more that my life disappointed me, the more solemn and wonderful it became to me. It seemed, contrarily to Pope's saying, that the vanity of it WAS indeed given in vain; but that there was something behind the veil of it, which was not vanity. It became to me not a painted cloud, but a terrible and impenetrable one: not a mirage, which vanished as I drew near, ...
— Sesame and Lilies • John Ruskin

... for the Change of the Moons Diameter in the Eclipses of the Sun, according to the places, where they should happen, and according to the Hour and Height, the Moon should have. For, what hapned in that Eclipse of Augmentation, would have faln out contrarily, if it had been in the Evening; for, the Moon, which in that Eclipse, that began in the Morning, was higher about the end than at the beginning, was nearer us, and consequently was to appear bigger: But if the Eclipse should happen in the Evening, she ...
— Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 • Various



Words linked to "Contrarily" :   contrary, perversely, on the contrary



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