Antithetically
of the nature of or involving .
directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
historical examples
personality is always a mystery with its ant-thetically mingled elements in man and woman.
the scr-p book, volume 1, no. 4 various
“i am just getting a soldier’s stuff into me,” responded pisgah, ant-thetically.
bohemian days geo. alfred townsend
the actual finale begins (so to speak) ant-thetically with the last misfortune of the unlucky spithridates.
a history of the french novel, vol. 1 george saintsbury
adj.
“containing an ant-thesis,” c.1600, from greek ant-thetikos “setting in opposition,” from ant-thetos “placed in opposition,” from ant-thesis (see ant-thesis).
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