Conversely

Quick meaning: Conversely is an adverb meaning (often conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

Meaning

(often conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

More Meanings

1. (conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.

Example Sentences

Proposition I. If four quantities are proportional, the product of the extremes is equal to the product of the means, and conversely.

In these cases the market has sufficient skepticism as to the continuation of the unusually high profits to value them conservatively, and conversely when earnings are low or nonexistent.

If two parallelograms, which have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other, be equal to one another, the sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional, and conversely.

[R]esearch has found that social integration is more important for well-being than income, and also decreases poverty. Loneliness, conversely, can be deadly: one study found it did more damage to health than smoking.

Synonyms for conversely

Depending on context, synonyms include however.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inverse, reverse, inversely, backwards, back, meanwhile.

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