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View definitions for contrariwise

contrariwise

adverb as in crosswise

Strongest match

adverb as in counter

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Example Sentences

What about, contrariwise, sweet relish, because somehow a cloying element is desirable with fish?

The aura of evitability haunts this tale; so does, contrariwise, the mounting helplessness of those who were deeply offended by the Nazis but unable to stop them.

The contrariwise case has long been China, with its amazing expansion.

From Forbes

At the same time, contrariwise, McEwan also wants to locate his novel in what he calls "the family division" of English prose, the "morally centred fiction of George Eliot, Conrad, James and even Austen".

Casting them contrariwise subverts the clichés in their characters.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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