Contrary to expectations; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
[Phrase implying that the following clause is contrary to prior belief].
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Examples for "contrariwise "
Examples for "contrariwise "
1 Indeed, the Government forces seemed to tend contrariwise to big business practices.
2 But luckily no harm came of this, but, contrariwise , a lasting good.
3 But, unluckily for her ladyship, its effect had been exactly contrariwise .
4 The most gifted of them coldly devoted themselves to working contrariwise .
5 I sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise blessest them.
1 I feel exhausted, sure, but contrarily swell about myself, like the best daughter.
2 It behaves in this respect quite contrarily to a metallic conductor.
3 Is there anything you dislike in me that you act so contrarily to my wishes?
4 It seems that Hen's more than contrarily stubborn lately.
5 This is true of the eccentricities, but Mars's orbit plane, contrarily , has a small inclination.
1 He said the Government would present a scientific opinion to the contrary .
2 But most of the empirical evidence thus far points to the contrary .
3 That's often not the case with you, despite appearances to the contrary .
4 Despite arguments to the contrary , he played rather well in South Africa.
5 Despite all the evidence to the contrary , he knew this was true.
1 The Senate, on the contrary , lost both in power and in prestige.
2 Not the least in the world: on the contrary , a confirmed mystic.
3 The idea did not frighten me; on the contrary , it comforted me.
4 Our position in the creek on the contrary was close and confined.
5 But he was not injured; on the contrary , he felt energized, stronger.
6 This question did not wound Dolores; on the contrary it consoled her.
7 It was not very explicit; on the contrary , it was rather incoherent.
8 The costume of the men on the contrary is becoming and graceful.
9 No; on the contrary , I may almost say it has revived me.
10 Otto, on the contrary , moved in the lists of philosophy and poetry.
11 It is, on the contrary , the condition of any vital art whatever.
12 In Finnish tales, on the contrary , Russian influence is often very apparent.
13 Her mother, on the contrary , flaunted in the garish light of society.
14 The ventral roots, on the contrary , are myal or segmental in position.
15 But, on the contrary , the children were quite interested in their mission.
16 It's not that I don't care about such policies; on the contrary .
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