contrariously

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English

Etymology

From contrarious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

contrariously (comparative more contrariously, superlative most contrariously)

(obsolete) Contrarily; oppositely.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  To one consent, may work contrariously:
  As many arrows, loosed several ways,
  Come to one mark.
- c. 1384, Thomas Usk, The Testament of Love:
  Thou might not chaunge but if thou from rule of reason varye, in whiche variaunce to come to thilke blysse desyred contrariously thou werches

References

“contrariously”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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