oppositely

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppositely
Adverb
  • Socioeconomic status is inversely correlated with morbidity and mortality.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Another thing to keep in mind: Rising bond yields actually mean that bond prices are falling — the two move inversely to each other.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • And conversely, there's people who can just go from one show to another seamlessly.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • New York, conversely, only had one turnover on Rodgers’ interception.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Chamber sealers go about things a bit differently and offer some unique applications.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Time flowed differently, and my vision felt soft and the world around me pure and unaggressive.
    Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Among the images that Ulman has created that may have never existed otherwise are those of Sevigny walking down a dirt road in this small Argentine town as a dance-inducing electronic cumbia blares.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The light blue heart adorned an otherwise all-black outfit.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • A number of Washington’s key plays on the ground came off same-side runs from shotgun, whereas most shotgun runs in the NFL go to the side away from the running back’s alignment — in other words, the back aligned to the left means the run will go to the right, or vice versa.
    Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • However, in reality, these atoms can randomly swap places within the crystal lattice, meaning some sites that were supposed to have copper atoms might have zinc atoms, and vice versa.
    John Werner, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Oppositely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppositely. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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