oppositely
(adverb) in an opposite position
Source: WordNet® 3.1
oppositely (comparative more oppositely, superlative most oppositely)
In an opposite manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Op"po*site*ly, adv.
Definition: In a situation to face each other; in an opposite manner or direction; adversely. Winds from all quarters oppositely blow. May.
Op"po*site, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. oppositus, p. p. of opponere. See Opponent.]
1. Placed over against; standing or situated over against or in front; facing; -- often with to; as, a house opposite to the Exchange.
2. Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different; other; as, the opposite sex; the opposite extreme.
3. Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic. Novels, by which the reader is misled into another sort of pieasure opposite to that which is designed in an epic poem. Dryden. Particles of speech have divers, and sometimes almost opposite, significations. Locke.
4. (Bot.) (a) Set over against each other, but separated by the whole diameter of the stem, as two leaves at the same node. (b) Placed directly in front of another part or organ, as a stamen which stands before a petal.
Op"po*site, n.
1. One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist. [Obs.] The opposites of this day's strife. Shak.
2. That which is opposed or contrary; as, sweetness and its opposite. The virtuous man meets with more opposites and opponents than any other. Landor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
