conversely

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18
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21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kənˈvɜːsli/
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/kənˈvɜːsli/ · /ˈkɒnvɜːsli/ · /kənˈvɝsli/

Definition of conversely

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (conjunctive, not-comparable, often)With a reversed relationship.
    “If two parallelograms, which have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other, be equal to one another, the sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional, and conversely.”
    “Proposition I. If four quantities are proportional, the product of the extremes is equal to the product of the means, and conversely.”
    “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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adv

  1. (conjunctive, not-comparable, often)With a reversed relationship.
    “If two parallelograms, which have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other, be equal to one another, the sides about the equal angles are reciprocally proportional, and conversely.”
    “Proposition I. If four quantities are proportional, the product of the extremes is equal to the product of the means, and conversely.”
    “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.”
  2. (broadly, conjunctive, not-comparable)From another point of view; on the other hand.
    “At 123 yards, Royal Troon's par-3 eighth in the shortest hole in the Open Championship rota. Known as the "Postage Stamp," the eighth's distance has produced plenty of aces – most recently, Ernie Els in 2004, but Gene Sarazen's hole-in-one remains the benchmark, as the Squire accomplished said feat at 71 years old. Conversely, the hole is not a walk in the park.”
    “So the issue of unification only comes up when the geometry can no longer be treated as a mere background, or conversely, when the classical theory is no longer accurate. But these circumstances exist (as far as we know) in only two places: the earliest moments of the Big Bang, and the immediate vicinity of singularities hidden behind black hole event horizons.”
    “We live in a time when roughly half of the jobs in 2020 are not yet known to us, and conversely, half of the jobs today will be extinct.”
    “[R]abbits, as it turns out, are rather like children. You can read all the books you want, but you have no idea how much trouble they are – or, conversely, how cute they can be – before you actually plunge in at the deep end.”

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Etymology

From converse + -ly.

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