diametrically
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6.6
- adverb
- /ˌdaɪəˈmɛtrɪkli/
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diametralmente
- They argued for hours because their opinions were diametrically opposed on the issue.
- diametrically opposed
- diametrically opposite
- diametrically opposed
So these are these are diametrically opposed ideas on how to compute.
- So these are these are diametrically opposed ideas on how to compute.
- So there are two philosophies which are diametrically opposed and hey, they both work.
- We kind of met in the middle a little, but there you are having some diametrically opposed views.
- One more thing about touch is people treat touch and keyboard and mouse as if they're these diametrically opposed things, but they're not.
- And it it I've seen many people in other different walks of life in minor ways, finding themselves diametrically opposed to the elite class.
- Now, OK, that's very diametrically opposite.
- And there's always, you know, people who take things away from my books that are diametrically opposed.
- You know, it was that great Enoch Powell, Michael Fort combination to defeat the bill, both opposing it from diametrically different directions.
- So you have these two sort of diametrically opposed but parallel dynamics moving at the same time.
Examples
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So there are two philosophies which are diametrically opposed and hey, they both work.
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By early March 1948, President Truman was then faced with diametrically opposed policy recommendations.
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We kind of met in the middle a little, but there you are having some diametrically opposed views.
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I am diametrically opposed to that.
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Indeed, the two women do come from diametrically opposed backgrounds.
Academic text (2001) -
They have diametrically opposed value systems.
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As Michael Barone has written, we are two nations with "diametrically opposite views of what is decent and moral."
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However, the implications drawn in the optimistic scenario are diametrically opposed to those identified by the pessimists.
Academic text (1996) -
The traditional view is that black nationalism and acculturation to the dominant society are diametrically opposed.
Academic text (2001) -
The Creole leadership and mass rural following of the insurgency were characterized by diametrically opposed worldviews and mentalities.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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5.8
It happens the other way or on the other side
Antonyms
How Different
Surface Forms
Morphology
diametrically = diametrical (transparent) = diameter + ical + ly
The adverb is a straightforward adverbial formation from the adjective 'diametrical' (‑ly), so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Diametrically comes from the word diameter, where dia- means 'across' and -meter means 'measure'. A diameter is a line that goes across a circle through the middle, so if two things are diametrically opposed they are completely opposite, like points on opposite sides of a circle.