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Contrariwise definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTRARIWISE, adv. [contrary and wise, manner.] On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.
Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Peter 3.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a contrary disobedient manner [syn: perversely, contrarily, contrariwise]
2: with the order reversed; "she hates him and vice versa" [syn: vice versa, the other way around, contrariwise]
3: contrary to expectations; "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends" [syn: contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the contrary]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 14th century 1. on the contrary 2. vice versa 3. in a contrary manner

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 on the other hand. 2 in the opposite way. 3 perversely. Etymology: ME f. CONTRARY + -WISE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Contrariwise Con"tra*ri*wise (? or ?), adv. 1. On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. --1 Pet. iii. 9. 2. In a contrary order; conversely. Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise. --Arbuthnot.