contrariously

English

Etymology

From contrarious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

contrariously (comparative more contrariously, superlative most contrariously)

1. (obsolete) Contrarily; oppositely.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     To one consent, may work contrariously:
     As many arrows, loosed several ways,
     Come to one mark.

   • c. 1384, Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love:

     Thou might not chaunge but if thou from rule of reason varye, in whiche variaunce to come to thilke blysse desyred contrariously thou werches

References

• “contrariously”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.