conversely
- English meaning
- In an opposite way (used to introduce a contrasting idea).
- Example
Rents rose in the city; conversely, they fell in some regional towns.
- Common collocations
- (linking word for contrast)
- Word family
- converse
- Academic Word List · Sublist 9
Translation
- 한국어반대로
- 中文相反地
- 日本語逆に
- ไทยในทางกลับกัน
- Bahasa Indonesiasebaliknya
- Tiếng Việtngược lại
- Русскийнаоборот
- हिन्दीइसके विपरीत
Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.
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