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Meanings of contrariwise in English

Portuguese
em frente

Contrary to expectations; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"

em frente
Portuguese
vice-versa

With the order reversed.

vice-versa

In the opposite direction or way.

Usage of contrariwise in English
1
Indeed, the Government forces seemed to tend contrariwise to big business practices.
A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the...
2
But luckily no harm came of this, but, contrariwise, a lasting good.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
3
But, unluckily for her ladyship, its effect had been exactly contrariwise.
Pride and Prejudice
4
The most gifted of them coldly devoted themselves to working contrariwise.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
5
I sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise blessest them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
6
Mirth cannot be excessive, but is always good; contrariwise, Melancholy is always bad.
Ethics
7
Now they rocked backward and forward together, and again they rocked quite contrariwise.
Everychild / A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young an...
8
The young, have an edge which they are desirous of blunting; the old contrariwise.
The Tale of Chloe: An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish
9
Pleasure in itself is not bad but good: contrariwise, pain in itself is bad.
Ethics — Part 4
10
We shoot obliquely and in different situations of ground, from heights downwards and contrariwise.
Lectures and Essays
11
But her very gladness appeared to affect contrariwise the troubled mood of her lover.
Agatha's Husband: A Novel
12
In the mountains, meanwhile, the trend, contrariwise, was upward-allupward.
The Heart of the Hills
13
Nay, contrariwise, the Pharisee, by commending of himself, makes himself much the worse, ver.
The Pharisee and the Publican
14
Now contrariwise, if you please, let us look into hell.
Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the N...
15
Yet, contrariwise, bundles of notes and bars of gold are regularly filched from Pasquale's safe.
The Irish Times
16
Therefore it is not lawful to pass contrariwise from the episcopal to the religious state.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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