Antithetically
of the nature of or involving .
directly opposed or contrasted; opposite.
Historical Examples
Personality is always a mystery with its antithetically mingled elements in man and woman.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 Various
“I am just getting a soldier’s stuff into me,” responded Pisgah, antithetically.
Bohemian Days Geo. Alfred Townsend
The actual finale begins (so to speak) antithetically with the last misfortune of the unlucky Spithridates.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 George Saintsbury
adj.
“containing an antithesis,” c.1600, from Greek antithetikos “setting in opposition,” from antithetos “placed in opposition,” from antithesis (see antithesis).
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