contrarily — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   Contrarily the iamb's weak element (= the iamb's Senkung) mostly is free in being either 1 or 2 m.u. long, which longnesses may be effected by *v* (1 m.u.), *vv* (2 m.u.), or *-* (2 m.u.)

   Contrarily to epithelial-genital strains, LGV and oculotropic strains do not encode a functional cytotoxin [81, 85 ].

Adverb

1. in a contrary disobedient manner

   Synonyms

   perverselycontrariwise

2. contrary to expectations

   Synonyms

   to the contrarycontrariwiseon the contrary

   Examples

   he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends