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contrary

See: ON THE CONTRARY, TO THE CONTRARY.

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to the contrary

[to the contrary] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} With an opposite result or effect; just the opposite; in disagreement; saying the opposite. * /Although Bill was going to the movies, he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the contrary

[on the contrary] {adv. phr.} Exactly the opposite; rather; instead. * /The principal thought that the children went to the zoo; on the contrary, they went to the bakery./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Aldous Huxley

(1894-1963) English novelist Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead. www.english-slang.com

Oliver Wendell Holmes

(1809-1894) U.S. essayist, poet You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable. www.english-slang.com

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