On The Contrary

Definition: On The Contrary

On The Contrary

Adverb

1. Contrary to expectations; "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends".

Synonyms: On The Contrary

Synonyms: contrarily (adv), contrariwise (adv), to the contrary (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Contrariety	Adverb: contrarily; Adjective: contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather; vice versa; on the other hand; (in compensation).
Evidence	Adverb: on the contrary, per contra.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: On The Contrary

English words defined with "on the contrary": contrarily, contrariwise ♦ instead ♦ rather ♦ to the contrary ♦ Whereas. (references)

Specialty definitions using "on the contrary": Damn ♦ INSURANCE ♦ lexicographer. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	On the contrary! (The Great Mouse Detective; writing credit: Ron Clements; Paul Galdone)
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Domain	Title
Books	On the contrary : "what every revolutionary-in-reverse should know by now" (reference) On the contrary : being the life of a famous rebel, soldier, traveller, explorer, reader, builder, scribe, latinist, lover and liar (reference) (more book examples)
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	A real mamma, on the contrary, is the busiest lady. Credit: Library of Congress.		On the contrary. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Author	Quotation
Benjamin Disraeli	What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton	Patience is not active; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
Henry David Thoreau	The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.
Marguerite Duras	Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.
Michael Korda	Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.
Walt Whitman	The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	But, on the contrary, the inhabitants think themselves beholden to him, who, by his industry on neglected, and consequently waste land, has increased the stock of corn, which they wanted. (Second Treatise of Government)
Communist Manifesto	1848	Conservation of the old modes of production in unaltered form, was, on the contrary, the first condition of existence for all earlier industrial classes. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	On the contrary, there will be an overwhelming assurance of security. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	On the contrary, he became every moment more excited as he turned them over.
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	On the contrary, I have allowed myself, as to such points, nearly or altogether as much license as if the facts had been entirely of my own invention.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	On the contrary, he reassured her.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		If, on the contrary, the ISP's carry out this practice (the technically correct method), link costs are reduced only 5 percent. (references)
		On the contrary the traditional telephone companies argue that the prices of long distance are being reduced at a fast pace and that by the time that the quality of the internet telephony is comparable to the switched one the prices will be very similar to those offered by IP telephony companies. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LEXICOGRAPHER, n. A pestilent fellow who, under the pretense of recording some particular stage in the development of a language, does what he can to arrest its growth, stiffen its flexibility and mechanize its methods. For your lexicographer, having written his dictionary, comes to be considered "as one having authority," whereas his function is only to make a record, not to give a law. The natural servility of the human understanding having invested him with judicial power, surrenders its right of reason and submits itself to a chronicle as if it were a statue. Let the dictionary (for example) mark a good word as "obsolete" or "obsolescent" and few men thereafter venture to use it, whatever their need of it and however desirable its restoration to favor -- whereby the process of improverishment is accelerated and speech decays. On the contrary, recognizing the truth that language must grow by innovation if it grow at all, makes new words and uses the old in an unfamiliar sense, has no following and is tartly reminded that "it isn't in the dictionary" -- although down to the time of the first lexicographer (Heaven forgive him!) no author ever had used a word that was in the dictionary. In the golden prime and high noon of English speech; when from the lips of the great Elizabethans fell words that made their own meaning and carried it in their very sound; when a Shakespeare and a Bacon were possible, and the language now rapidly perishing at one end and slowly renewed at the other was in vigorous growth and hardy preservation -- sweeter than honey and stronger than a lion -- the lexicographer was a person unknown, the dictionary a creation which his Creator had not created him to create. God said: "Let Spirit perish into Form," And lexicographers arose, a swarm! Thought fled and left her clothing, which they took, And catalogued each garment in a book. Now, from her leafy covert when she cries: "Give me my clothes and I'll return," they rise And scan the list, and say without compassion: "Excuse us -- they are mostly out of fashion." Sigismund Smith
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Geoffrey Hoon	On the contrary, we work very closely together. The level of cooperation that exists, both between our military and, indeed, between the Pentagon and the Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom, is absolutely tremendous.
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Government on earth.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	The general objective, on the contrary, is to move forward to find the way in time of peace to the full utilization and development of our physical and human resources that were demonstrated so effectively in the war.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	On the contrary the Soviets are rapidly continuing their construction of missile support and launch facilities, and serious attempts are under way to camouflage their efforts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "on the contrary": ad on the contrary. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "on the contrary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		inteendeel (otherwise). (various references)

Albanian		përkundrazi (contrariwise, contrary to). (various references)

Arabic		‏على العكس تماما, ‏العكس بالعكس (contrariwise, conversely, reciprocally). (various references)

Bulgarian		напротив (contra, contrariwise). (various references)

Czech		naopak (contrariwise, conversely, vice versa, vv). (various references)

Danish		tværtimod (otherwise). (various references)

Dutch		integendeel (otherwise), ertegenover (otherwise), daarentegen (all the time, in the meantime, meanwhile, otherwise). (various references)

Esperanto		male, kontraŭe (otherwise). (various references)

Faeroese		tvørturímóti. (various references)

Finnish		sitä vastoin (by contrast, conversely), päinvastoin. (various references)

French		bien au contraire, au contraire. (various references)

German		im gegenteil. (various references)

Greek		απεναντίασ, τουναντίον (contrariwise). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"פך (vice versa), א�"רב�" (as a matter of fact, not at all, quite so), � �"פוך �"וא. (various references)

Hungarian		ellenkezőleg (contrariwise, the boot is on the other leg, the boot is on the wrong leg). (various references)

Indonesian		sebaliknya (on the other hand, opposite, otherwise, ought, the other way, vice versa), malah (in fact, instead), bahkan (even, in fact, indeed, moreover), alih-alih (instead of). (various references)

Italian		invece (contrariwise, conversely, instead, instead of, lieu), contrariamente (contrarily, contrary to, counter, in spite of, reply), anzi (as a matter of fact, even, even better, in fact, nay, or better still, rather). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		却って (all the more, instead, rather). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		それど�"ろか, きゃく (all the more, customer, guest, instead, rather), ひきかえて, ひきかえ (on the other hand), かえって (all the more, instead, rather). (various references)

Pig Latin		onay ethay ontrarycay

Polish		przeciwnie (otherwise). (various references)

Portuguese		pelo contrário (contrariwise), ao contrário (contra, unlike). (various references)

Romanian		dimpotrivã (contrariwise, per contra). (various references)

Russian		наоборот (contrariwise, conversely, other way around, other way round, vice versa, vice-versa). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		obratno (contrary: on the contrary, vice versa), naprotiv (contrary: on the contrary). (various references)

Spanish		al revés (backward, backwards, reverse, reversed, the other way around, upside down, upside-down, vice-versa, wrong), al contrario (reverse, reversed). (various references)

Swedish		tvärtom (contrariwise, quite the opposite), däremot (against it, contrariwise). (various references)

Turkish		bilakís (otherwise), bilâkis (contrarily, contrariwise, far from it, rather), aykiri, aksine (by contrast with, contra, contrarily, contrariwise, conversely, crisscross, in contradistinction for, in contradistinction to, per contra, rather), aksíne (otherwise). (various references)

Turkmen		tersine (against). (various references)

Ukrainian		навпаки (au contraire, backward, backwards, contra, contrariwise, conversely, in reverse, over against, topsy turvy, vice versa). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	contra, contraque, immo, rursum, rursumque, rursus, rursusque, ymo (immo). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Galatians Chapter 2, Verse 7
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Alla tounantion idonteV oti pepisteumai to euaggelion thV akrobustiaV kaqwV petroV thV peritomhV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sed e contra cum vidissent quod creditum est mihi evangelium praeputii sicut Petro circumcisionis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But ayenward, whanne thei hadden seyn, that the euangelie of prepucie was youun to me, as the euangelie of circumcisioun was youun to Petre;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But contrary wyse when they sawe that the gospell over the vncircumcision was comitted vnto me as the gospell over ye circucision was vnto Peter:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed to me, as the gospel of the circumcision was to Peter;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision
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Language	Galatians Chapter 2, Verse 7
Cebuano	hinonoa, sa ilang pagkakita nga ako gikapiyalan man sa Maayong Balita ngadto sa mga walay sirkunsisyon, maingon nga si Pedro gikapiyalan sa Maayong Balita ngadto sa mga may sirkunsisyon
Croatian	Nego naprotiv, vidjevši da mi je povjereno evanðelje za neobrezane, kao Petru za obrezane -
Danish	Men tværtimod, da de så, at jeg har fået Evangeliet til de uomskårne betroet, ligesom Peter til de omskårne,
Dutch	Maar daarentegen, als zij zagen, dat aan mij het Evangelie der voorhuid toebetrouwd was, gelijk aan Petrus dat der besnijdenis;
Finnish	vaan päinvastoin, kun näkivät, että minulle oli uskottu evankeliumin julistaminen ympärileikkaamattomille, samoin kuin Pietarille sen julistaminen ympärileikatuille -
French	Au contraire, voyant que l`Évangile m`avait été confié pour les incirconcis, comme � Pierre pour les circoncis, -
German	sondern dagegen, da sie sahen, daß mir vertraut war das Evangelium an die Heiden, gleichwie dem Petrus das Evangelium an die Juden
Haitian Creole	Okontrè, yo wè Bondye te renmèt mwen travay anonse bon nouvèl la bay moun ki pa jwif yo, menm jan li te renmèt Pyè travay anonse l' bay jwif yo.
Hungarian	Sõt ellenkezõleg, mikor látták, hogy én reám van bízva a körülmetéletlenség evangyélioma, mint Péterre a körülmetélésé;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sebaliknya, orang-orang yang dianggap terpandang itu mengakui bahwa Allah sudah menugaskan saya untuk memberitakan Kabar Baik kepada orang bukan Yahudi, sama seperti Ia sudah menugaskan Petrus untuk memberitakan Kabar Baik itu kepada orang Yahudi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	tetapi pada sebaliknya, tatkala mereka itu tampak, bahwa sudah diamanatkan kepadaku pemberitaan Injil bagi orang yang tiada bersunat itu, sama seperti kepada Petrus bagi orang yang bersunat itu,
Italian	Anzi, visto che a me era stato affidato il vangelo per i non circoncisi, come a Pietro quello per i circoncisi -
Maori	Engari to ratou kitenga kua tukua ki ahau te rongopai ki te kotingakore pera hoki me tera ki kotinga kua tukua ra ki a Pita;
Norwegian	tvert imot: da de så at det var mig betrodd å forkynne evangeliet for de uomskårne, likesom Peter for de omskårne -
Portuguese	antes, pelo contrário, quando viram que o evangelho da incircuncisão me fora confiado, como a Pedro o da circuncisão
Rumanian	Ba dimpotrivq, cknd au vqzut cq mie kmi fusese kncredinyatq Evanghelia pentru cei netqiayi kmprejur, dupq cum lui Petru ki fusese kncredinyatq Evanghelia pentru cei tqiayi kmprejur, -
Russian	оБ� ТПФЙЧ ФПЗП, ХЧЙ�"ЕЧ, ЮФП НОЕ ЧЧЕТЕОП �'МБЗПЧЕУФЙЕ �"МС ОЕП�'ТЕЪБООЩИ, ЛБЛ рЕФТХ �"МС П�'ТЕЪБООЩИ--
Shuar	Yus akatramu uuntrisha Yus winia Israer-shuarchan Yus-chicham ujaktinian akuptukma nuna nekarawarmai. Tura Pítruncha akupkamai Israer-shuaran Yus-Chicham ujaktinian.
Swahili	Badala yake, walitambua kwamba Mungu alikuwa amenituma kuhubiri Habari Njema kwa watu wa mataifa mengine kama vile Petro alivyokuwa ametumwa kuihubiri kwa Wayahudi.
Swedish	Tvärtom; de sågo att jag hade blivit betrodd med att förkunna evangelium för de oomskurna, likasom Petrus hade fått de omskurna på sin del --
Uma	Uma-ra mpotampai napa-napa hi tudui' -ku, rapangaku' lau-mi ka'aku' -nami to nasarumaka Alata'ala mpokeni Kareba Lompe' hi tauna to bela-ra to Yahudi, hewa Petrus wo'o nasarumaka Alata'ala mpokeni Kareba Lompe' hi to Yahudi.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-n-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-y"
	-3 letters: nonreactor, trochanter.
	-4 letters: athrocyte, hortatory, tetrarchy, thyratron, trenchant.
	-5 letters: anchoret, attorney, cartoony, chattery, contrary, coronary, coronate, corotate, cotenant, cryotron, enactory, erythron, honorary, nonactor, northern, octonary, ranchero, ratooner, retroact, rotatory, tenantry, tetrarch, theocrat, trachyte.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-n-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-y"
	+5 letters: anthropocentricity, hyperconcentration.
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On The Contrary

Definition: On The Contrary

On The Contrary

Adverb

Synonyms: On The Contrary

Synonyms within Context: On The Contrary

Contrariety

Evidence

Crosswords: On The Contrary

Modern Usage: On The Contrary

Screenplays

Commercial Usage: On The Contrary

Books

Photo Album: On The Contrary

Familiar Quotations: On The Contrary

Benjamin Disraeli

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Henry David Thoreau

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Marguerite Duras

Michael Korda

Walt Whitman

Historic Usage: On The Contrary

John Locke

Communist Manifesto

Winston S. Churchill

Use in Literature: On The Contrary

Emma

Austen, Jane

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: On The Contrary

Business

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: On The Contrary

Geoffrey Hoon

Speeches: On The Contrary

Thomas Jefferson

Harry S. Truman

John F. Kennedy

Expression: On The Contrary

Modern Translation: On The Contrary

Afrikaans

Albanian

Arabic

Bulgarian

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Faeroese

Finnish

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Indonesian

Italian

Japanese Kanji

Japanese Katakana

Pig Latin

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Serbo-Croatian

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

Turkmen

Ukrainian

Ancestral Language Translations: On The Contrary

Bible Trace: On The Contrary

Matched Bible Translations: On The Contrary