INVERSELY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

inversely

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as in conversely

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Recent Examples of inversely Bond prices move inversely to yields, so poor demand for the Treasury notes could have caused interest rates to spike even higher, which is why the market is paying close attention to these auctions. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Metals prices largely declined throughout the Iran war, as metals generally traded inversely with oil prices, which spiked. — Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The short story’s subversive power is inversely correlated to its popularity, even to its academic credibility. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for inversely

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Each critic portrayed the historical monument as an object of reverence owing to age, with specific reference to the psycho-historical implications of restoration or, conversely, of neglect.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
McGirr, conversely, was an unknown, having worked for Jonathan Anderson at JW Anderson, out of the spotlight, as such a position affords a designer.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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The Democratic National Committee (DNC), as an intervening party to the case, had oppositely argued that unlimited coordinated spending would effectively erode limits on contributions.

— Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
The fluctuations were concentrated near a boundary where oppositely directed magnetic fields meet — a region where scientists suspect magnetic stress builds up before flares.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 June 2026

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