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Oppositely

Oppositely \Op"po*site*ly\, adv. In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely.

Winds from all quarters oppositely blow.
--May.

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oppositely

adv. In an opposite manner.

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oppositely

adv. in an opposite position

Usage examples of "oppositely".

Orator, Lucius Licinius Crassus, the husbands of his two daughters have fared oppositely in the nursery.

Oppositely, the parasympathetic fibers, where present, dilate the first set of blood vessels and constrict the second.

On the contrary, two oppositely charged particles also interact through the exchange of photons, although the resulting electromagnetic force is attractive.

Putting these two oppositely doped materials in contact creates a PN junction, the basis of the semiconductor diode and the solid-state transistors that are the workhorses of the information age.

Even with the ingenious arrangements that have been proposed for effectively synchronizing oppositely moving, constant-speed conveyors.