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English Dictionary: Contrariwise by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contrariwise
adv
  1. in a contrary disobedient manner [syn: perversely, contrarily, contrariwise]
  2. with the order reversed; "she hates him and vice versa"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the contrary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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