"contrariwise" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "contrary + -wise",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1955, Philip Larkin, “Absences”, in The Less Deceived",
          "text": "Rain patters on a sea that tilts and sighs. / Fast-running floors, collapsing into hollows, / Tower suddenly, spray-haired. Contrariwise, / A wave drops like a wall: another follows, / Wilting and scrambling",
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        "in the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction"
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        "on the other hand"
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        "(literary) on the other hand"
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      "word": "contrawise"
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      "word": "contrarywise"
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  "word": "contrariwise"
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  "etymology_text": "contrary + -wise",
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1955, Philip Larkin, “Absences”, in The Less Deceived",
          "text": "Rain patters on a sea that tilts and sighs. / Fast-running floors, collapsing into hollows, / Tower suddenly, spray-haired. Contrariwise, / A wave drops like a wall: another follows, / Wilting and scrambling",
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      "word": "contrawise"
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    {
      "word": "contrarywise"
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  "word": "contrariwise"
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