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Webster 1913 Edition


Conversely

Con′verse-ly

(? or [GREEK]; 277)
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adv.
In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally.
J. S. Mill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conversely

CONVERSELY

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adv.
With change of order; in a contrary order; reciprocally.

Definition 2024


conversely

conversely

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Adverb

conversely (not comparable)

  1. (conjunctive) with a reversed relationship
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 252d.
      Because change itself would absolutely stay-stable, and again, conversely, stability itself would change, if each of them encroached on the other.
    • 1949, Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor, page 165:
      In these cases the market has sufficient skepticism as to the continuation of the unusually high profits to value them conservatively, and conversely when earnings are low or nonexistent

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