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Definition of 'on the contrary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adverb) contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the contrary
contrary to expectations
"he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
Translation of 'on the contrary' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the very opposite (is true)
`Are you busy?' `No, on the contrary, I'm not doing anything at the moment.'
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: inteendeel Arabic flag Arabic: عَلى العَكس، عَلى الضَّد، Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: напротив
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pelo contrário Czech flag Czech: naopak German flag German: im Gegenteil
Danish flag Danish: tværtimod Greek flag Greek: αντιθέτως Spanish flag Spanish: al contrario
Estonian flag Estonian: vastupidi Farsi flag Farsi: برعکس Finnish flag Finnish: päin vastoin
French flag French: au contraire Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהֵיפֵך Hindi flag Hindi: बिल्कुल नहीं, उलटे
Croatian flag Croatian: nasuprot, naprotiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: (éppen) ellenkezőleg Indonesian flag Indonesian: sebaliknya
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þvert á móti Italian flag Italian: al contrario Japanese flag Japanese: それどころか
Korean flag Korean: 반대로 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: priešingai Latvian flag Latvian: gluži otrādi
Malay flag Malay: sebaliknya Dutch flag Dutch: in tegendeel Norwegian flag Norwegian: tvert imot, derimot
Polish flag Polish: wprost przeciwnie Persian flag Persian: برعکس Pashto flag Pashto: چپ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pelo contrário Romanian flag Romanian: dimpotrivă Russian flag Russian: наоборот
Slovak flag Slovak: naopak Slovenian flag Slovenian: nasprotno Serbian flag Serbian: nasuprot tome
Swedish flag Swedish: tvärtom Thai flag Thai: ในทางตรงกันข้าม Turkish flag Turkish: tersi(ne), aksine
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 正好相反 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: навпаки Urdu flag Urdu: نهي‍ں بلک‍ہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngược lại Chinese flag Chinese: 正相反

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on the books  on the button  on the coattails  on the contrary  on the dot  on the face of it  on the far side  



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