oppositely

Definitions

In a position or direction facing something else.

In a way that is completely different or contrary.

Examples

The two magnets were placed oppositely so that they would repel each other.

Although they are twins, they reacted oppositely to the news of their father's retirement.

Synonyms

contrarily conversely antithetically inversely contradictorily counterwise opposingly

Antonyms

similarly identically likewise correspondingly equally congruently uniformly