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conversely

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
in an opposite way:

Examples:

Poor health is accepted as an attribute of normal ageing. Conversely, youth is depicted as a time of vitality and good health.
The staff of any organisation are its best ambassadors or conversely may be its worst.
2
from a different and opposite way of looking at this:

Examples:

He was regarded either as too imitative to be considered original or, conversely, as being overly original.

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