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on the contrary Expression

— You use on the contrary when you want to stress that the truth is the opposite of what was believed. He did not refuse. On the contrary, he told his them he would be happy to accept.

on the contrary

— adverb contrary to expectations he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends

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contrariwise rather vice versa to the contrary conversely on the other hand contrarily but quite the contrary not at all no nevertheless however even though au contraire yet whereas whatever unfortunately the other way around separately regardless quite the opposite otherwise other way round oppositely on one’s own not one bit just the opposite instead independently far from it even either differently certainly and yet all the more actually

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on the contrary contrary to in contrast as opposed to

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