contrariwise

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction. literary,not-comparable
    — If Burd Ellen had gone “widishins" round the church, she would, I think, have used the best homoeopathic specific against the Elf-King's power; for "to go widishins" was the chief element in elfin practices, and if mortals wished to resist or unspell elf-craft, they, too, had "to go widershins," or they had to repeat the Paternoster backwards, which came to the same thing, or do something else contrariwise.
  2. on the other hand literary,not-comparable

词形变化

contrawise alternative contrarywise alternative

词汇关系

相关词
on the contrary

词源

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