† Contrairly

adv. Obs. [f. CONTRAIR a. + -LY².] CONTRARILY; contrariwise.

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1535. Coverdale, 2 Chron. xx. 11. They deale contrarely with vs.

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1571. Digges, Pantom., I. xii. D iij b. If they bee of contrarie shadow, worke contrarely.

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1588. A. King, trans. Canisius’ Catech., Confession, 3. To … dispaire in Gode his mercy, as contrairly to think to get heauen without exercise in gude workes.

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