Idiom request for "the reverse is also true"

Question

Vice versa is a idiomatic, concise way of expressing that the converse (other way around) of the preceding statement is also true. E.g:

Matter that has lowest boiling point will boil first, and vice versa (matter that boils first will have the lowest boiling point)

I would like to know if there are also  idioms/short expressions for stating that the reverse (opposite of the entire preceding statement) also holds true. i.e:

Matter that has lowest boiling point will boil first, and ....... (matter with the highest boiling point will boil last)

What can I put in ....... ?

English Student · Accepted Answer

Conversely

conversely (ADVERB)
  Introducing a statement or idea which reverses one that has just been made or referred to.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/conversely

To reverse your sentence, 'lowest boiling point' must be reversed to 'highest boiling point' and 'will boil first' becomes 'will boil last.' (of course you have provided this  reversal yourself)

Matter that has lowest boiling point will boil first; conversely, matter with the highest boiling point will boil last.

JJJ · Answer

analogously, according to Oxford Dictionary Online analogous means

Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

One of their sample sentences for analogously:

‘This is more or less correct (given the obvious uncertainties in long term data from the continental interior), but analogously to the example above, local cooling does not contradict global warming.’

In your sentence:

Matter that has the lowest boiling point will boil first, and analogously matter with the highest boiling point will boil last.

Attribution:

"Analogous | Definition of Analogous in English by Oxford Dictionaries." Oxford Dictionaries | English. Accessed May 25, 2018. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/analogous.

"Analogously | Definition of Analogously in English by Oxford Dictionaries." Oxford Dictionaries | English. Accessed May 25, 2018. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/analogously.

David · Answer

Antonymically adjective. Diametrically opposed: antipodal, antipodean, antithetical, antonymous, contradictory, contrary, converse, counter, diametric, diametrical, opposing, opposite, polar, reverse. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Yes there is a case for some new words in the language instead of floundering around racking your brains and looking for THE word on google into the small hours! It took me 3 days to find a particular word and then it was so unknown it was useless really.

Idiom request for "the reverse is also true"

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