Contrariwise

Quick meaning: Contrariwise is an adverb meaning (literary) In the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction.

Meaning

(literary) In the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction.

More Meanings

1. (literary) on the other hand

Example Sentences

Rain patters on a sea that tilts and sighs. / Fast-running floors, collapsing into hollows, / Tower suddenly, spray-haired. Contrariwise, / A wave drops like a wall: another follows, / Wilting and scrambling

If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or they had to repeat the Paternoster backwards, which came to the same thing, or do something else contrariwise.

Word Forms

• contrawise
• contrarywise

Synonyms for contrariwise

Depending on context, synonyms include contrarily, perversely.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include contrarily, perversely, conversely, rather, instead, contrawise.

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