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conversely

/ ˈɒԱɜːɪ /

adverb

  1. (sentence modifier) in a contrary or opposite way; on the other hand

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Or, conversely, a budget that hasn't been culled but is later determined to be a waste of money.

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A top-notch campus alone does not produce academic achievement — and, conversely, a brilliant teacher and an assiduous student in a one-room schoolhouse can make for an upstanding education.

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In this way, theater facilitates a careful weighing of what might happen if a society remains on its current trajectory or, conversely, if it chooses another path.

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Reeves sees herself as a pragmatic politician, not an ideologue, whether that means increasing taxes in her first budget to fund public services or conversely cutting benefits in this week's statement.

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Hitters, conversely, could also benefit, since the ABS strike zone wouldn’t vary game to game the way those of rotating human umpires do; especially in an era when catchers are taught to frame each pitch.

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