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单词 reversely
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reverselyadv.

Brit. /rᵻˈvəːsli/, U.S. /rəˈvərsli/, /riˈvərsli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reverse adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < reverse adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare slightly earlier reversedly adv., and also earlier reverse adv.
1. In an opposite or contrary manner; in reverse order or direction.
ΘΚΠ
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
the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adverb] > reversed or turned the wrong way
awkward1340
backwarda1475
wrong-way1693
reversely1752
reversewise1800
wrong-wise1849
back to front1869
hindside-foremost1929
arseways1938
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed i. 4 That..which is not..certainly to be collected, either antecedently by its cause, or reversely by its effect.
a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) II. 1053 That inward peace in the Conscience doth not at all infer having Peace with God. And let me..speak reversely, That having peace with God doth not necessarily infer inward peace of Conscience.
1721 A. Malcolm Treat. Musick xiv. §4. 542 The Sounds either ascending or descending are taken alternately, or not immediately next in the Scale, as a, c, b, d...or these reversely d, b, c, a.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 159 [They] battered on the Cross the said armorial Bearing reversely (which was the Top or Chief of the Shield undermost).
1800 Ann. Reg. 1797 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 166/2 This country and France have reversely consumed their capital of the present, and that of future generations.
1879 H. George Progress & Poverty iii. ii. 153 Stated reversely, the law of rent is necessarily the law of wages and interest taken together.
1938 Jrnl. Land & Public Utility Econ. 14 58/1 To put the expression reversely, the demand of many people willing to exercise less than full rights of ownership in land causes an increase in demand.
1984 M. Dittrick & D. Dittrick No Uncertain Terms 83 Reversely revolving, high-pressure anticyclones.
1990 P. Kearey & F. J. Vine Global Tectonics iv. 69 A model of normal and reversely magnetized blocks was constructed.
2. Conversely; vice versa.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > vice versa
againwardslOE
againward1340
econtrary1512
arsy-versy1542
econverse1547
e contra1548
contrariwise1570
contrair1596
e contrario1599
vice versa1601
backward1607
conversively1607
contrarily1656
convertibly1692
the other way1692
reversely1726
conversely1806
vicey-versey1858
1726 P. Gretton Rev. Argument A Priori x. 39 Again, reversely; If nothing is, or could be, something might not be.
1809 W. Nicholson Brit. Encycl. VI. at Series And reversely, if we take this series, and find its sum by the preceding theorem, it comes to the same ⅔.
1861 J. S. Mill Considerations Representative Govt. ii. 34 And, reversely, if their machinery is so badly constructed that they do their own particular business ill, the effect is felt in a thousand ways.
1933 Times 28 June 4/3 Or, reversely, the surgeon might have been unable to detect industrial disease in the first disability.
1972 Diacritics 2 46/1 The same criteria apply in the modern period, in the criticism of Florentine opera..or, reversely, in the extravagant claims made for Wagnerian opera.
2005 J. Neubauer in T. Hoenselaars & A. F. Kinney Challenging Humanism 260 Whether they were responding to a broad change of sentiment in youth or whether, reversely, they were fomenting this very spirit, is difficult to say.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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