used for introducing a sentence, or part of a sentence, which says something that is the opposite of the other part
When the press was biased towards the politicalright, televisioncoveragetended to lean to the left. Conversely, if the pressswungheavily to the left, television would have to redress the balance by leaning to the right.
Some wronganswers were markedright and, conversely, some rightanswers had been rejected.
Synonyms and related words
Opposite and in the opposite way
conflicting
opposite
otherwise
conversely
adverb
US /kənˈvɜrsli/US /ˈkɑnˌvɜrsli/
DEFINITIONS1
1
used for introducing a sentence, or part of a sentence, which says something that is the opposite of the other part
When the press was biased towards the politicalright, televisioncoveragetended to lean to the left. Conversely, if the pressswungheavily to the left, television would have to redress the balance by leaning to the right.
Some wronganswers were markedright and, conversely, some rightanswers had been rejected.