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Definitions for Oppositely
[1] situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
[2] contrary or radically different in some respect common to both, as in nature, qualities, direction, result, or significance; opposed: opposite sides in a controversy; opposite directions.
[3] being the other of two related or corresponding things: friendly with many members of the opposite sex.
[4] Botany . situated on diametrically opposed sides of an axis, as leaves when there are two on one node. having one organ vertically above another; superimposed.
[5] adverse or inimical.
[6] a person or thing that is opposite or contrary.
[7] an antonym.
[8] Archaic . an opponent; antagonist.
[9] across from; facing: The guest of honor sat opposite me at the banquet.
[10] in a role parallel or complementary to: He has played opposite many leading ladies.
[11] on opposite sides.
[12] on the opposite side: I was at one end and she sat opposite.
[13] to the opposite side; in the opposite direction: I went to the left balcony, and he went opposite.
[14] situated or being on the other side or at each side of something between their houses were at opposite ends of the street
[15] facing or going in contrary directions opposite ways
[16] diametrically different in character, tendency, belief, etc opposite views
[17] botany (of leaves, flowers, etc) arranged in pairs on either side of the stem (of parts of a flower) arranged opposite the middle of another part
[18] maths (of two vertices or sides in an even-sided polygon) separated by the same number of vertices or sides in both a clockwise and anticlockwise direction (of a side in a triangle) facing a specified angle Abbreviation: opp
[19] a person or thing that is opposite; antithesis
[20] maths the side facing a specified angle in a right-angled triangle
[21] a rare word for opponent
[22] Also: opposite to facing; corresponding to (something on the other side of a division) the house opposite ours
[23] as a co-star with she played opposite Olivier in ``Hamlet''
[24] on opposite sides she lives opposite
Words related to Oppositely
oppositeadversely, critically, separately, individually, variously, negatively, alternative, uncertainty, substitute, about-face, again, contrary, reversed, backwards, contra, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely, inversely, conflictingly
Words nearby Oppositely
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Origin of Oppositely
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin oppositus, past participle of oppōnere to set against. See oppose, -ite2
Other words from Oppositely
op·po·site·ly , adverb
op·po·site·ness , noun
sub·op·po·site , adjective
sub·op·po·site·ly , adverb
sub·op·po·site·ness , noun
Synonyms for Oppositely
about-face, again, backwards, contra, contrarily, contrariwise, contrary, conversely, far from it, in reverse, inversely, mutatis mutandis, on the contrary, reversed, the opposite way, the other way around, turn about, upside down