contrarily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.99 in modern English

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"Contrarily the iamb's weak element (= the iamb's Senkung) mostly is free in being either 1 or 2 m.u. long, which longnesses may be effected by *v* (1 m.u.), *vv* (2 m.u.), or *-* (2 m.u.)"
"Contrarily to epithelial-genital strains, LGV and oculotropic strains do not encode a functional cytotoxin [81, 85 ]."

Etymology tree English contrary Middle English -ly English -ly English contrarily From contrary + -ly.

more contrarily (comparative) most contrarily (superlative)

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What does contrarily mean?

In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.

Where does contrarily come from?

Etymology tree English contrary Middle English -ly English -ly English contrarily From contrary + -ly.

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