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John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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adjective

Able to be tolerated or allowed; satisfactory or suitable for a particular purpose or situation.

The teacher said that a score of 70% or higher was acceptable for passing the test.

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contrariwise

Part of SpeechadverbUsed In Literature ↓

In the contrary or opposite way, order, or direction

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Poetry examples for contrariwise

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

pages, may also be safely relegated to the realm of abortive

verse. Contrariwise two juvenile translations are intentionally

omitted by us: the longest, taken from a poem — Der Arme

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