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    on the contrary
    [ adv ]
    contrary to expectations
    <adv.all>
    he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends


    Contrary \Con"tra*ry\, n.; pl. {Contraries}.
    1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

    No contraries hold more antipathy
    Than I and such a knave. --Shak.

    2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

    3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition
    incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather
    show the contrary. See {Converse}, n., 1. --Locke.

    4. (Logic) See {Contraries}.

    {On the contrary}, in opposition; on the other hand. --Swift.

    {To the contrary}, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the
    other side. ``They did it, not for want of instruction to
    the contrary.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet.

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