Used in a Sentence

conversely

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for conversely.

Editorial note

And, conversely there are plenty of languages that did not 'deserve' the recognition they got.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of conversely gathered in one view.

adverb

(conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.

adverb

(often conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for conversely.

adverb

(conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.

adverb

(often conjunctive) With a reversed relationship.

Example sentences

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And, conversely there are plenty of languages that did not 'deserve' the recognition they got.

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Or conversely, storing IP's as signed int's will make you sad.

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Licensing, conversely, exists only in the legal realm.

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I think perhaps having editors that can interpret this sort of code into a visible graph structure and conversely, compile a graph structure down into this form, would be interesting.

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Or, conversely, animals are alive today even without technology (and some are dying because of it, perhaps even man, if we go on with a nuclear war or some other such BS).

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Sure, having an empty shop is a problem because it makes you look unpopular, but conversely, having a full shop of people who aren't purchasing anything is equally bad, because it blocks people who do want to purchase.

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As your comment is marked 1 hour old, I see little grumbling about spending money on people who've broken the law (conversely, there are several comments speaking to the rationality of attempting to rehabilitate people who will be released).

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If you wrote a word processor and decided for yourself how it should format, then there is virtually no way you can figure out from the contents of a doc or docx file exactly how it should be formatted (and conversely no way to take what you have rendered and write a doc or docx file that will render it the same way).

Proper noun examples

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Conversely, if the skillset is intrinsically satisfying to you, you'll eschew sex and develop it.

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Conversely, the same motion when shot with a wide lens will suggest rapid movement from background to foreground, giving us a sense of power an inevitability (or conversely, of weakness and impotence if a character is falling away from the camera).

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Conversely there are measurement based models for quantum computation that rely purely on the non-linear process.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use conversely in a sentence?

And, conversely there are plenty of languages that did not 'deserve' the recognition they got.

What does conversely mean?

(conjunctive, loosely) From another point of view; on the other hand.

What part of speech is conversely?

conversely is commonly used as adverb.