<span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> (conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; to <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>. 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North...
to <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>. I heard nothing to <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>....
<span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>) Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse. <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> winds 1611, <span class="searchmatch">The</span> Holy...
From <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">contrarily</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">contrarily</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">contrarily</span>) In a <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> manner; in opposite ways or directions. Synonyms:...
<span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> to despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from <span class="searchmatch">Contrary</span> to what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert. contra...
From <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">contrariness</span> (countable and uncountable, plural contrarinesses) <span class="searchmatch">The</span> state of being <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> constrainers...
<span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> to <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> quite <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> (not comparable) (conjunctive) opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed. (opposite of what...
<span class="searchmatch">contraried</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> intracoder...
<span class="searchmatch">contrarying</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>...
(literary) <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> other hand contrawise, contrarywise (<span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>): See also Thesaurus:<span class="searchmatch">contrarily</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> — see <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> <span class="searchmatch">on</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> other hand...