Con″tra‐ri‐wise (? or �), adv. 1. On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing.
1 Pet. iii. 9.
2. In a contrary order; conversely.
Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise.
Arbuthnot.