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English
Etymology
From Middle English contrary-wyse; equivalent to contrary + -wise.
Adverb
contrarywise (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of contrariwise.
1729, Thomas Weston, A treatise of arithmetic, page 383:The Solidity of a Sphere, is to the Cube of its Periphery, as 0.5236 to 1. And contrarywise.