OBVERSELY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

obversely

adverb

as in reversely

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Adverb

If unemployment for this group goes from, say, five per cent to ten per cent, their confidence in the job market, already rapidly trending downward, will dive toward a true bottom.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
Early symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, Pennsylvania health officials said, and a rash follows a few days later, starting on the head and spreading downward.

— Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

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Another woman, Shoba Shretha, returned to find Sweetie, the dog she was forced to leave behind when the floods came.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
Emde wandered ahead while King lagged behind at her usual tempo, which is uncommonly slow but projects incongruous urgency.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

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