adv. [f. ADVERSE a. + -LY2.] In an adverse manner; unfavorably; contrariwise. Const. to.
1607. Shaks., Coriol., II. i. 6. If the drinke you giue me, touch my Palate aduersly, I make a crooked face at it.
1881. Sir W. Harcourt, in Manch. Guard., Feb., 12. It does not act with but adversely to the agrarian party.
1882. Daily Tel., 21 Feb., 2. Foreign Government bonds were adversely influenced by the political news.
