Thesaurus:contrarily

Thesaurus

contrarily

English

Adverb

Sense: in opposite ways or directions

Synonyms

• arse about face (vulgar, slang, Britain, Australia, New Zealand)
• backwards
• contra
• contrarily
• contrariwise
• contrastedly
• counter
• gainwise
• in contrast
• reversedly

Antonyms

• identically
• similarly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• back to front    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cross-handed
• inside out    [⇒ thesaurus]
• on the contrary
• upside down    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vice versa    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• dissimilarly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “14. contrariety” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “contrarily” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.