Contrarily is an English word with synonyms like contrariwise or perversely. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Contrarily meaning
In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
Synonyms of Contrarily
Using Contrarily
- The main meaning on this page is: In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
- Useful related words include: contrariwise, perversely, to the contrary, on the contrary.
Context around Contrarily
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contrarily
- In this selection, "contrarily" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, added, thinking, qureshi, gould and opalescence stand out and add context to how "contrarily" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include avoid thinking contrarily and it and contrarily a coin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contrarily" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contrarily
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Contrarily, his brother Jason is rumored to considering retirement. (9 words)
Contrarily, they make an old fashioned with high end tequila. (10 words)
Contrarily, the character Pozzo, however, prominently wears and takes note of his watch. (13 words)
To a reader who interprets the chapters chronologically, it would appear that Hezekiah ended his reign at a climax, but with a scholarly analysis, his end would contrarily be interpreted as a long fall from where he began. (38 words)
Contrarily, a coin toss with a coin that has two heads and no tails has zero entropy since the coin will always come up heads, and the outcome can be predicted perfectly. (32 words)
Contrarily, Gould argues that this is likely because Herodotus attempts to provide the rational reasons, as understood by his contemporaries, rather than providing more abstract reasons. (26 words)
Example sentences (11)
He added, "Contrarily, Qureshi's braless appearance showed an excessive display of skin which was not in line with the conservative Indian ideology.
Contrarily, his brother Jason is rumored to considering retirement.
Contrarily, they make an old fashioned with high end tequila.
Contrarily, but in similar ways, celebrities such as Kid Rock, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent and Kristy Swanson have publicly backed the President’s re-election.
Contrarily, a coin toss with a coin that has two heads and no tails has zero entropy since the coin will always come up heads, and the outcome can be predicted perfectly.
Contrarily, Gould argues that this is likely because Herodotus attempts to provide the rational reasons, as understood by his contemporaries, rather than providing more abstract reasons.
Contrarily, opalescence is correctly applied to the milky, turbid appearance of common or potch opal.
Contrarily, the character Pozzo, however, prominently wears and takes note of his watch.
Contrarily to the classic Freeciv, the settings of each match are not determined from within the server hosting the match.
These tactics make it as difficult as possible to avoid thinking contrarily, and it is suggested that this difficulty is intended by the Inner Party.
To a reader who interprets the chapters chronologically, it would appear that Hezekiah ended his reign at a climax, but with a scholarly analysis, his end would contrarily be interpreted as a long fall from where he began.