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contrapositively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-pos-i-tive-ly
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By the inverse of the converse of a given proposition.

Etymology

From contrapositive + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does contrapositively mean?
By the inverse of the converse of a given proposition.
Where does contrapositively come from?
From contrapositive + -ly.

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