conversely
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4.6
- adverb
- /kənˈvɜrslɪ/
- Formal
:
por el contrario
- Conversely, with the nuclear threat lifted, conventional war among the great powers might no longer look so terrifying.
- conversely, people tend to
- conversely, females
- conversely, low levels
And that distance, conversely, creates fear, creates suspicion.
- And that distance, conversely, creates fear, creates suspicion.
- And I've also seen, conversely, scripts that look pretty hopeless that suddenly broke through.
- And I said conversely, we don't make it rain on booty cheeks.
- But conversely, if you do not want to pay taxes or.
- And then conversely, they will send it to the actual fruit, right?
- He says, conversely, the community has in the family the formal element of its actual existence.
- And conversely, every desire and every fear will tend to create techniques geared towards its own ends.
Examples
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Conversely, 76% of individuals whose partners reported having concurrent partnerships did not identify their partners' lack of monogamy.
Academic text (2011) -
Conversely, if you remove the taboo, you remove the obsession.
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Conversely, some procedures are so basic that any hospital should be able to perform them.
Academic text (2011) -
Conversely, she knows every aspect of my life, personal, business, good, bad and ugly.
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At a constant temperature... the volume of a confined gas varies conversely with its pressure.
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Smaller plants, conversely, have much less uncertainty attached to their financing.
Academic text (2011) -
Good hearing does not necessarily ensure skilled listening; conversely, poor hearing does not necessarily indicate an inability to listen.
Academic text (1990) -
Conversely, there have been cases where an exhibition of an artist's work has generated a scholarly article.
Academic text (2011) -
Conversely, we are not committed to the claim that the nation-state is bound to disappear.
Academic text (1999) -
Good executives often struggle in front of the camera; conversely, successful celebrities may find it difficult to manage a boardroom.
Synonyms
∞
2.6
Shows a contrast with what was said before
∞
1.0
Instead of that, say or do something different
899
1.0
In spite of that
357
2.8
Shows a different idea from what you said before
149
3.5
Shows that something happens or is true despite what was said
95
3.6
To show an opposite idea in a discussion
68
3.2
To say the opposite to correct a wrong idea
56
4.3
In a way that shows the opposite is true
46
3.2
To show a different idea or possibility
3
8.9
To say that something is the opposite of what was just said
1
6.5
In a way that is the opposite of what was expected
In a way that is the opposite of what was said
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conversely comes from Latin parts con- and vers-, where vers- means 'to turn' and appears in words like reverse and versus. So conversely introduces an idea that turns the situation the other way and shows the opposite.