inversedlyadv.
/ɪnˈvəːsᵻdli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvərsədli/ Now rare.
In the opposite manner, position, or order; in an inverted manner; (also) upside down. Cf. inversely adv.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in reversed order
reversea1393
topsy-turvy1528
preposterously1533
hysteron proteron1602
inverselya1628
inversedly1645
reversedly1649
reversely1659
reverse ways1762
ass-backward1939
1645 T. Urquhart Trissotetras 43 The Sines complements of the verticall Angles (both forwardly, and inversedly) are reciprocally proportioned to the Tangents of the sides.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 130 In the..fructifying principle, the motion..not transvertible, as to make that ever the leaf, which nature intendeth the root; observable from their conversion, until they attain their right position, if seeds be set inversedly.
1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 83 That the gravity at any point of the earth is inversedly as the distance from the center.
1798 A. J. Dallas Rep. Cases U.S. & Pennsylvania 2 167 I will consider the different points, inversedly.
1859 Press & Tribune (Chicago) 1 July The Austrian empire has long been ground down..by taxation inversedly proportioned to the wealth and production of its inhabitants.
1949 Dis. Chest 15 94 The intensity of the exposure [sc. from x-ray equipment] varies inversedly with the square of the distance.
2015 U.S. Patent 2015/0380993 A1 1/1 It is advantageous..to offset the entire magnetic flux by inversedly magnetizing the second magnets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1645