Middle English Dictionary Entry
contrārilī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | contrārilī adv. |
| Etymology | From adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In the opposite manner; (b) in a hostile manner; (c) on the other hand; (d) of bloodletting: on the opposite side.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)101 : If þe vowe of religioun..be contrarily be gunne..who doutiþ þat ne it is synne?
b
- c1425(a1400) Wycl.Pseudo-F.(Dub 245)321 : Men þenken þat þe fend..contrarieliche to crist moueþ men bi sensible signes.
c
- (1434) Misyn ML (Corp-O 236)116/30 : Holy men lufys tribulacion..Contrarily, repreuyd in aduersite alway groch.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)76/13 : Couetys..sal be exyld..Contrarily, of many in þis lyfe is wroght..þat couetys is broght in.
d
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)154a/b : It acordeþ for to auoide antipaste i. contrarily.