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  • adverb in a manner that opposes

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Examples

  • (This was not true either.) “No,” replied Schryhart, evasively and opposingly, shaking his square head.

    The Titan 2004

  • If so, what are the factors that tend to increase and, opposingly, to decrease the species diversity?

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • If so, what are the factors that tend to increase and, opposingly, to decrease the species diversity?

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • "'Tain't much to tote," returned Marthy Burr opposingly.

    The Voice of the People Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow 1909

  • (This was not true either.) "No," replied Schryhart, evasively and opposingly, shaking his square head.

    The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1908

  • Lady Dunstane's opposingly corresponding stillness provoked Miss Paynham to expatiate, for she had sprightliness and some mental reserves of the common order.

    Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

  • Lady Dunstane's opposingly corresponding stillness provoked Miss Paynham to expatiate, for she had sprightliness and some mental reserves of the common order.

    Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Lady Dunstane's opposingly corresponding stillness provoked Miss Paynham to expatiate, for she had sprightliness and some mental reserves of the common order.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Rather, it adopts a butterfly-like scaffold, stapled together by opposingly directed but nearly identically folded peripheral domains.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

  • Rather, it adopts a butterfly-like scaffold, stapled together by opposingly directed but nearly identically folded peripheral domains.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2009

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