Antarcticallyadv.
/anˈtɑːtᵻkli/, /anˈtɑːktᵻkli/, U.S. /ænˈ(t)ɑrktək(ə)li/, /ænˈ(t)ɑrdək(ə)li/ rare before 19th cent.
In an Antarctic manner or direction; esp. (cold) as in the Antarctic.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb]
fromward?c1225
contrariouslyc1380
contrarying to1382
reversinglya1425
contrary1463
clean fro1483
repugnantly?1526
diametrally?1533
contrairly1535
in diameter1543
thwartly1558
oppositely1567
contrarily1570
contrariwise1574
diameter-wise1600
diameterly1603
reciprocallya1628
diametrically1633
counter1643
encounter1660
polarly1670
Antarcticallya1711
contrariantly1796
antithetically1816
tout au contraire1841
antistrophically1842
contrapositively1858
in reverse1869
at cross-corners with1892
a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 107 None God and Mammon can at once obey, They humane Wills Antarctically sway.
1862 A. Locker Somebody's Luggage in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 4 Dec. 28/1 If, on the other hand, we drifted antarctically, we ran the risk of being hopelessly frozen up, in regions far beyond the haunts of any human creature.
1866 E. A. Duyckinck & G. L. Duyckinck Cycl. Amer. Lit. II. 721/2 Whereon the crystal moon doth lower Antarctically cold!
1992 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 20 July r28 I can't help thinking there's no place in the world to be but St Kilda—even if it is Antarctically chilled at times.
2003 J. Johnston Price v. 65 The restaurant was Antarctically cold, and he shivered as the sweat turned to ice water on his flesh.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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