Synonym: contrarily, contrariwise, to the contrary. Similar words: to the contrary, contemporary, contract, contrast, by contrast, contractor, contrast to, control. Meaning: adv. contrary to expectations.
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31. On the contrary, they were risking their lives at the forefront of discovery in a new branch of science.
32. On the contrary, I think it is rather a fair way.
33. On the contrary, the aim was to enable them to give expression to their desires.
34. Did that difficult beginning adversely affect the subsequent shooting? On the contrary, it liberated us.
35. On the contrary, if that is where it has to be read, the symbol is already dead.
36. So the risk from viruses certainly hasn't diminished - on the contrary, it has mushroomed.
37. On the contrary, they are important to concentrate power such that changes might occur.
38. On the contrary: I took great delight in my thinness and saw it as the embodiment of my strength and virtue.
39. On the contrary, we are drawing upon the consensus of unbiased contemporary New Testament scholarship.
40. The daredevil group, on the contrary, led by my cousin Ahmad, was all for meeting her.
41. On the contrary, it works within the framework of the Zande legal code and studiously observes all its provisions and prescriptions.
42. On the contrary they are a natural feature of the human condition, present in everyone to a greater or lesser degree.
43. On the contrary, they had refrained from acting earlier even though they knew of the slaughter.
44. Not that Gillian is anywhere near this category. On the contrary.
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46. On the contrary, it made him blaze up into action.
47. On the contrary, some can, and have often been called and regarded as causal laws.
48. The responses to the first consultation document on the proposal on the contrary indicated that constituent authorities were very much in favour.
49. On the contrary, their recollection is embittered by the cruelty, exploitation and official oppression which they recall.
50. It is on the contrary a very grave flaw, latent but pernicious in its effects.
51. On the contrary, we Fists are exemplary planners, fascinated by the minutest detail.
52. She has, on the contrary, been nothing but nice to you.
53. On the contrary, as we noted earlier, his equilibrium model is a mobile one.
54. On the contrary, everything I read seemed to point to his having been universally loved and admired by his men.
55. On the contrary, a nude women is rarely anything but a motif.
56. On the contrary, said the voice, it could do his case untold damage.
57. His reports, sent and received, would not cause the United States any harm. On the contrary.
58. On the contrary, much of it - the taxation proposals in particular - is calculated to sacrifice our competitive edge.
59. Might it not, on the contrary, escape them and overflow them in unpredictable ways?
60. On the contrary, she would go straight back to the lounge and she would order a brandy.
More similar words: to the contrary, contemporary, contract, contrast, by contrast, contractor, contrast to, control, contribute, contributor, controversy, contribute to, contribution, out of control, contretemps, under control, control group, controversial, beyond control, in the course of, month, on the run, on the road, monthly, secondary, on the spot, on the side, on the whole, on the table, context.