OBVERSELY

Etymology

Adverb

obversely (comparative more obversely, superlative most obversely)

In an obverse manner.

Anagrams

• verbosely

Source: Wiktionary


Ob*verse"ly, adv.

Definition: In an obverse manner.

OBVERSE

Ob*verse", a. Etym: [L. obversus, p.p. of obvertere. See Obvert.]

Definition: Having the base, or end next the attachment, narrower than the top, as a leaf.

Ob"verse, n. Etym: [Cf.F. obverse, obvers. See Obverse, a.]

1. The face of a coin which has the principal image or inscription upon it; -- the other side being the reverse.

2. Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things. The fact that it [a belief] invariably exists being the obverse of the fact that there is no alternative belief. H. Spencer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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