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Etymology edit

contrarious +‎ -ly

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contrariously (comparative more contrariously, superlative most contrariously)

  1. (obsolete) Contrarily; oppositely.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] 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

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