definition of the word conversely

converse + -ly

conversely (not comparable)

1. with a reversed relationship
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 252d.

     Because change itself would absolutely stay-stable, and again, conversely, stability itself would change, if each of them encroached on the other.

   • 1949, Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor, page 165:

     In these cases the market has sufficient skepticism as to the continuation of the unusually high profits to value them conservatively, and conversely when earnings are low or nonexistent

• vice versa

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