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inversely, adv.|ɪnˈvɜːslɪ|
[f. inverse a. + -ly2.]
In an inverse manner or order; as the inverse; by inversion.
1660Barrow Euclid v. xxi, Because D.E::B.C. therefore inversely E.D. 1695W. Alingham Geom. Epit. 19 If A : B :: C : D : then inversly as B : A :: D : C. a1738Helsham Lect. Nat. Phil. i. (1739) 4 Why the water rises to heights which are inversly as the distances of the glasses. 1766tr. Beccaria's Ess. Crimes xxvi. (1793) 92 It seems as if the greatness of a state ought to be inversely as the sensibility and activity of the individuals. c1860Faraday Forces Nat. ii. 46 Two bodies attract each other inversely as the square of the distance. 1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 129 At the Last Quarter we get a phase like that presented at the first quarter, but inversely situated.
b. Invertedly; upside down; as inversely conical, conical with the vertex downward.
1776–96Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 122 Petals 2, inversely heart-shaped. Ibid. II. 197 Root wood-like, inversely conical at the crown. 1849Murchison Siluria vii. 133 Of an inversely pyramidal shape. |