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countersway

noun

Etymology

From counter- + sway.

  1. derived from *sweh₁-✻
  2. derived from *swaigijaną✻
  3. derived from *swaigijan✻
  4. derived from *swǣġan✻ — “to bend, bow”
  5. inherited from sweyen
  6. prefixed as countersway — “counter + sway”

Definitions

  1. A swaying in a contrary direction, or an opposing influence.

    • a countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance

  2. To sway in the opposite direction, or (figurative) to hae opposing influence.

    • The Kop[…]sways and countersways to the music

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA