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Definition of Antithetically
1. Adverb. With antithesis; in an antithetical manner.
Definition of Antithetically
1. adv. By way antithesis.
Definition of Antithetically
1. Adverb. In an antithetic manner. ¹
2. Adverb. Using antithesis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antithetically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antithetically
Literary usage of Antithetically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of the Latin Language: For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Ethan Allen Andrews, Solomon Stoddard (1860)
"Ъ. Words used antithetically are also placed near each other ; as, Dum ta- cent,
clamant. Cic. ... antithetically ..."
2. Manual of English Pronunciation and Spelling: Containing a Full Alphabetical ...by Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler by Richard Soule, William Adolphus Wheeler (1891)
"Accent transferred when Words are used antithetically, . . 5!) § 116. Effect of
the Secondary Accent, and the Mode of determining its Place 49 } 117. ..."
3. The Methodist Review (1836)
"Here flesh and spirit are placed antithetically. The ' death' of Christ appertained
to the flesh ; but the Spirit, that is, the Divine nature, ..."
4. Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language by Isaac Nordheimer (1841)
"<kc. ; it is sometimes repeated antithetically, thus DO—DO here—there, Is. 28 : 10.
b. It is also used to indicate motion to a place, signify, ing thither, ..."
5. An Essay on Elocution, Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners by Samuel Kirkham (1842)
"The reason of this must be obvious to him who considers, that this very circumstance
of a word's being employed antithetically, renders it important in the ..."
6. A Commentary: Critical, Practical and Explanatory, on the Old and New by Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset, David Brown (1884)
"15); "die before thy time," to " prolongeth his life," antithetically. ...
Solomon says, therefore, Be not so foolish (answering antithetically to " over ..."
7. Sacred Literature: Comprising a Review of the Principles of Composition Laid by John Jebb (1820)
"The central quatrain may be regarded as the key of the whole paragraph or stanza:
it stands connected, antithetically, with the commencing, ..."
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