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contrariwise

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12 lettersPart of speech adverbSorted aceiinorrstwStarts with CEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. contrary to expectations

Word origin

From Middle English contrary-wyse; equivalent to contrary + -wise.

Used in a sentence

  • Rain patters on a sea that tilts and sighs. / Fast-running floors, collapsing into hollows, / Tower suddenly, spray-haired. Contrariwise, / A wave drops like a wall: another follows, / Wilting and scrambling

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