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