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to the contrary
Overview of adv to-the-contrary
The adv to the contrary has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) 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")
Antonyms of adv to-the-contrary
Synonyms of adv to-the-contrary
1 sense of to the contrary
Sense 1
contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the contrary
Pertainyms of adv to-the-contrary
Domain of adv to-the-contrary
Domain Terms of adv to-the-contrary
Familiarity of adv to-the-contrary
to the contrary used as an adverb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
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