Synonym: contrarily, contrariwise, on the contrary. Similar words: on the contrary, contemporary, contract, contrast, by contrast, contractor, contrast to, secondary. Meaning: adv. contrary to expectations.
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61. We knew nothing to the contrary.
62. Unless I hear to the contrary.
63. Portable prison cell taken out of Hub despite strict instructions to the contrary.
64. But to the contrary, the ability to write conversationally is a highly valued—and marketable—skill.
65. Unless you receive instructions from us to the contrary, you are not required to advise amendment(s) (if any) to the Second Beneficiary.
66. Senior officials fear that any change would unleash a population boom, despite predictions to the contrary by most experts.
67. I will come on Monday unless you write me to the contrary.
68. Technocratic contentions to the contrary, the argument that social factors are irrelevant to the objective assessment of risk is sociologically uninformed.
69. One would have to completely disregard such overwhelming evidence to the contrary that it would be tantamount to intellectual suicide.
70. For return of goods sold or refund of tax, accounting entries to the contrary shall be made.
71. Mulder: Because, all the evidence to the contrary is not entirely dissuasive.
72. Unless specifically agreed to the contrary the provisions of this Clause shall only apply to the sums insured in force at the commencement of the period of insurance.
73. To the contrary, the more our lives are entangled with contradictory opinions about what is right and what is wrong, the more we need the clear and unambiguous guidance of our Creator and Law-Giver.
74. Almost none of them has succeeded, despite claims to the contrary.
75. A new study by doctors at the Uniersity of Minnesota and St . Louis Uniersity says that despite claims to the contrary, duct tape doesn't anquish the common wart.
76. I know she's unhappy, all her brave talk to the contrary.
77. To the contrary, the second opinion, he says, leads to visibility of the messages at the protocol level via the use of custom media types.
78. Despite much lip service to the contrary, decision making remains the prerogative of top managers.
79. By far, most market prognosticators significantly underperform the market, despite their claims to the contrary.
80. Despite some claims to the contrary, Montreal still maintains it is the cultural capital of Canada, and the city is often rated as one of the world's most livable.
81. When courts hold to the contrary, they give the government license to infringe the rights of private landowners willy-nilly.
82. That may sound as though I'm intending to dispraise the book, but to the contrary; I think it's a fine piece of work in lots of ways.
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83. To the contrary, economic fear inevitably, and understandably, drives them higher.
84. To the contrary, eschewing the label "African-American writer" can actually reinscribe hurtful assumptions.
85. He that go to the contrary way, must go over it twice.
86. One reason is that many corporations, despite claims to the contrary, don't mind a complex tax code with a high statutory rate — often because few large companies pay anything close to 35 percent.
87. Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary, any information from the DNA Databank shall be admissible as a conclusive proof of the DNA identification in any proceedings in any court.
88. I'll expect you on Friday unless I hear to the contrary.
89. Despite repeated assurances to the contrary, Pakistan has not ended its nuclear programme.
90. Unless we hear from you to the contrary we shall arrange this.
More similar words: on the contrary, contemporary, contract, contrast, by contrast, contractor, contrast to, secondary, control, contribute, contributor, contribution, contribute to, controversy, out of control, contretemps, concentrate, control group, under control, controversial, beyond control, concentration, concentrating, economic recovery, literary, to the full, to the life, to the limit, to the point, at the cost of.