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Synonyms for oppositely
| Grammar : Adv, conj |
| Spell : op-uh-zit, -sit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ə zɪt, -sɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for oppositely
- about-face
- again
- antagonistically
- antithetically
- asymmetrically
- backwards
- conflictingly
- contra
- contradictorily
- contrarily
- contrariwise
- contrary
- contrary to
- contrastingly
- contrastively
- conversely
- discordantly
- disparagingly
- disparately
- dissimilarly
- distinctively
- divergently
- diversely
- else
- ere
- far from it
- hostilely
- in a different manner
- in reverse
- incompatibly
- incongruously
- instead
- instead of
- inversely
- mutatis mutandis
- nonconformably
- on the contrary
- on the other hand
- opposingly
- oppositely
- or not
- or not exactly
- or rather
- otherwise
- poles apart
- rather
- reversed
- reversing it
- the opposite way
- the other way around
- turn about
- unflatteringly
- uniquely
- unorthodoxly
- untowardly
- unusually
- upside down
- vice versa
Définition of oppositely
Origin :- late 14c., "placed on the other side of (something)," from Old French oposite "opposite, contrary" (13c.), from Latin oppositus "standing against, opposed, opposite," past participle of opponere "set against" (see opponent). Meaning "contrary in nature or character" is from 1570s. As a noun from late 14c. As a preposition from 1758. As an adverb from 1817. Related: Oppositely.
- As in vice versa : adv with the order reversed
- As in unfavorably : adv negatively
- As in differently : adv in another way; otherwise
- As in or : conj a suggestion of correction
- As in or : conj either
- If the streams are oppositely directed the wires repel each other.
- Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
- This is: Action and reaction are equal, or the mutual actions of any two bodies are always equal and oppositely directed.
- Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
- Our stream from the battery causes this oppositely directed stream.
- Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
- He found that the inner and outer armatures of his Leyden jars were oppositely electrified.
- Extract from : « Heroes of Science: Physicists » by William Garnett
- This action went on until the two conductors were strongly and oppositely charged.
- Extract from : « The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment » by Thomas M. St. John
- The relative velocity determined at Potsdam for these oppositely flying masses amounted to 550 miles a second.
- Extract from : « A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century » by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
- Oppositely, some of you are on what is known as the bow side, or with your oars on the side on which sits Boswell, the bow oar.
- Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick
- This helps my theories to find entrance into the most oppositely constituted minds.
- Extract from : « Legends » by August Strindberg
- Oppositely charged sols precipitate one another, the precipitate containing both colloids.
- Extract from : « Animal Proteins » by Hugh Garner Bennett
- A harrow comprising two ranks of oppositely curved trailing teeth is especially popular in some countries.
- Extract from : « Inventions in the Century » by William Henry Doolittle
Antonyms for oppositely
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