Meaning & usage
逆に is an adverb that introduces a statement running opposite to what was just said, marking a contrast or reversal. It stands at the start of a clause and can follow sentences or phrases of any kind, and it also appears in the pattern どころか逆に to show an outcome contrary to expectation.
Example sentences 8
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いや、それじゃだめだ。逆になるようにまわしてごらん。
No, that's not the right way. You have to turn it the other way round.
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薬によっては、役に立つどころか逆に害になるものもある。
Some medicines will do you more harm than good.
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当地は夏はひどく湿気が多いが、逆に冬は乾燥する。
It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
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当地は夏がひどく湿気が多いが、逆に冬は乾燥する。
It gets very humid at home in summer; in winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.
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「確かにそこまで美人だと逆に引いちゃいますね」「でしょう」
"Certainly if someone is _that_ beautiful you'd draw back from approaching her." "Thought you'd agree."
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これは、話を面白くしようとして逆につまらなくなるパターンだな。
This is a pattern of trying to make the story more interesting, but ending up making it boring instead.
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時計の針を、逆に回してはいけない。
Don't turn the hands of a clock the other way around.
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レンズを通ると像は逆になった。
Through the lens the image was inverted.