conversely
English
Etymology
Adverb
conversely (not comparable)
- (conjunctive) with a reversed relationship
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 252d.
- Because change itself would absolutely stay-stable, and again, conversely, stability itself would change, if each of them encroached on the other.
- 1949, Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor, page 165:
- In these cases the market has sufficient skepticism as to the continuation of the unusually high profits to value them conservatively, and conversely when earnings are low or nonexistent
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 252d.
Translations
with reversed relationship
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See also
References
- “conversely” (US) / “conversely” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
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