Definitions for on the contrary
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Princeton's WordNet
contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the contrary(adverb)
contrary to expectations
"he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
Wiktionary
on the contrary(Adverb)
opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed
Translations for on the contrary
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
on the contrary(noun)
the very opposite (is true)
`Are you busy?' `No, on the contrary, I'm not doing anything at the moment.'
- inteendeelAfrikaans
- عَلى العَكس، عَلى الضَّد، عَلى النَّقيضArabic
- напротивBulgarian
- pelo contrárioPortuguese (BR)
- naopakCzech
- im GegenteilGerman
- tværtimodDanish
- αντιθέτωςGreek
- al contrarioSpanish
- vastupidiEstonian
- برعکسFarsi
- päin vastoinFinnish
- au contraireFrench
- לְהֵיפֵךHebrew
- बिल्कुल नहीं, उलटेHindi
- nasuprot, naprotivCroatian
- (éppen) ellenkezőlegHungarian
- sebaliknyaIndonesian
- þvert á mótiIcelandic
- al contrarioItalian
- それどころかJapanese
- 반대로Korean
- priešingaiLithuanian
- gluži otrādiLatvian
- sebaliknyaMalay
- in tegendeelDutch
- tvert imot, derimotNorwegian
- wprost przeciwniePolish
- برعکسPersian
- چپPashto
- pelo contrárioPortuguese
- dimpotrivăRomanian
- наоборотRussian
- naopakSlovak
- nasprotnoSlovenian
- nasuprot tomeSerbian
- tvärtomSwedish
- ในทางตรงกันข้ามThai
- tersi(ne), aksineTurkish
- 正好相反Chinese (Trad.)
- навпакиUkrainian
- نهيں بلکہUrdu
- ngược lạiVietnamese
- 正相反Chinese (Simp.)
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