In a manner showing or emphasizing contrast and differences between things.
From 'contrasted' (compared to show differences) plus the adverbial suffix '-ly'. A rare formation emphasizing that something was done in a contrasting manner.
This word is nearly obsolete—modern writers prefer 'contrastingly' or simply 'in contrast' because English speakers naturally gravitated toward the '-ingly' form as more natural-sounding.
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