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Adverb: contrariwise  'kón-treh-ree,wIz
  1. In a contrary disobedient manner
    - perversely, contrarily
     
  2. With the order reversed
    - vice versa, the other way around
     
  3. Contrary to expectations
    - contrarily, to the contrary, on the contrary