antithetically

Examples

• All

• Both groups also state they are not multitaskers and miss information from university lectures when texting; antithetically, both groups believe they are able to concentrate on collaborative university assignments while simultaneously texting.

  Academic text (2014)

• Tiefel (1967:255) continues to indicate that Ernst Sommerlath treats law and gospel antithetically in that he maintains that where the law speaks, the gospel must keep quiet, and where the gospel is pronounced, the law must shut up.

  Academic text (2018)

• But you're, it's not like you were living your life antithetically to those principles prior to your illness.

  Rich Roll

• Equally, short pairings can work antithetically, as in lines 9 ("How few, how many") and 16 ("Some christen late for state, the wiser rather").

  Fiction book (1996)

• More importantly, they are regularly featured in seal impressions in combination with antithetically arranged, recumbent horned animals (sometimes with the head reversed).

  Academic text (1991)

• It cannot be determined from the extant fragments whether the animals were arranged antithetically on either side of a plant (as in Beaker A), or whether they all faced in the same direction.

  Academic text (1991)

• Antithetically, Wilhelm Riehl's science of nationhood, or Volkskunde, asserted a lasting differentiation of national peoples.

  Academic text (1992)

• I show how Marx begins mythically with an undifferentiated urhumanity, which differentiates antithetically into conflicting classes of individuals, leading to a catastrophic encounter resolved in and by revolution.

  Blog text (33)

• She expressed her opinion antithetically, arguing against the popular belief that everyone should conform.

• The two brothers approached the situation antithetically, one advocating for tradition while the other pushed for change.

Synonyms

C

contrarily

vsantithetically

1 6.5

In a way that is the opposite of what was expected

expresses contrast more generally rather than only as a reply

O

oppositely

vsantithetically

1 5.8

It happens the other way or on the other side

focuses on expressing direct contrast or opposition rather than physical position

A

antagonistically

vsantithetically

1 8.1

In a way that shows anger and strong disagreement

expresses contrast or opposition without implying hostility

C

contrariwise

vsantithetically

• Literature

9.2

In a way that is the opposite of what was said

serves to express contrast more than to show active opposition

C

contrastingly

vsantithetically

6.1

In a way that shows a clear difference between two things

expresses contrast but can imply direct opposition rather than only difference

C

clashingly

vsantithetically

7.2

In a way that looks or sounds very different and unpleasant together

expresses direct contrast or opposition rather than only visual disagreement

O

opposingly

vsantithetically

6.2

In a way that shows you do not agree

expresses contrast without physical action or active resistance

C

contrapuntally

vsantithetically

9.7

In a way that mixes two or more separate parts to make a woven effect

expresses direct opposition rather than creating an interwoven contrast

Antonyms

S

similarly

226 2.2

In the same way as what was just said

C

congruently

• Specialized

5.9

In a way that matches another thing in form or purpose

How Contrasting

antithetically

8.2

contrastingly

6.1

differently

780 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology