oppositely

1. 1.

   in an opposite position

Questions about oppositely

What does oppositely mean?

oppositely means "in an opposite position".

How many syllables are in oppositely?

oppositely has 5 syllables: op-po-si-te-ly. The stress falls on "si".

Is oppositely a common word?

oppositely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.