conversely
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/kənˈvɜːsli/
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/kənˈvɜːsli/ · /ˈkɒnvɜːsli/ · /kənˈvɝsli/
Definition of conversely
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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(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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(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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(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.
Words you can make from conversely
200+ playable · top: CONVEYERS (17 pts)
Best play conveyers 17 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
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16 words6-letter words
58 words- CONVEY 14 pts
- COVEYS 14 pts
- ENVOYS 12 pts
- EVENLY 12 pts
- LOVEYS 12 pts
- OVERLY 12 pts
- SEVERY 12 pts
- VENERY 12 pts
- VOLERY 12 pts
- CELERY 11 pts
- CLEVER 11 pts
- CLOVEN 11 pts
- CLOVER 11 pts
- CLOVES 11 pts
- CONEYS 11 pts
- CORVEE 11 pts
- CORVES 11 pts
- COVENS 11 pts
- COVERS 11 pts
- CRESYL 11 pts
- LYCEES 11 pts
- VELCRO 11 pts
- VELOCE 11 pts
- ELEVON 9 pts
- ELVERS 9 pts
- LEVERS 9 pts
- LOVERS 9 pts
- NERVES 9 pts
- NOVELS 9 pts
- REVELS 9 pts
- SLOVEN 9 pts
- SNEERY 9 pts
- SOEVER 9 pts
- SOLVER 9 pts
- SORELY 9 pts
- VENOSE 9 pts
- CENSER 8 pts
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- CEORLS 8 pts
- CLONER 8 pts
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- ECLOSE 8 pts
- ENCORE 8 pts
- RECONS 8 pts
- SCREEN 8 pts
- SECERN 8 pts
- ENROLS 6 pts
- LEONES 6 pts
- LONERS 6 pts
- NEROLS 6 pts
- RESOLE 6 pts
5-letter words
102 words- COVEY 13 pts
- ENVOY 11 pts
- EVERY 11 pts
- LOVEY 11 pts
- NERVY 11 pts
- VEERY 11 pts
- CLOVE 10 pts
- CLOYS 10 pts
- CONEY 10 pts
- CORNY 10 pts
- CORYS 10 pts
- COSEY 10 pts
- COVEN 10 pts
- COVER 10 pts
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- CRONY 10 pts
- LYCEE 10 pts
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- VOCES 10 pts
- EENSY 8 pts
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- NEVER 8 pts
- NEVES 8 pts
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- SERVE 8 pts
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- SOLVE 8 pts
- SONLY 8 pts
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- VERSE 8 pts
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- CEORL 7 pts
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- CEROS 7 pts
- CLONE 7 pts
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- COLES 7 pts
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- RECON 7 pts
- SCENE 7 pts
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- SCORE 7 pts
- SCORN 7 pts
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- SOCLE 7 pts
- ENOLS 5 pts
- ENROL 5 pts
- ERNES 5 pts
- EROSE 5 pts
- LEERS 5 pts
- LENES 5 pts
- LENOS 5 pts
- LENSE 5 pts
- LEONE 5 pts
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- LORES 5 pts
- LOSER 5 pts
- NEROL 5 pts
- NOELS 5 pts
- ORLES 5 pts
- REELS 5 pts
- RENOS 5 pts
- ROLES 5 pts
- SENOR 5 pts
- SNEER 5 pts
- SNORE 5 pts
- SOREL 5 pts
4-letter words
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