on the contrary

Idioms and Phrases

It's the opposite, as in Is his shoulder hurting?—On the contrary, it's all better , or We thought you didn't like opera.—On the contrary, I love it . This phrase, at first put as by or for or in the contrary , dates from the late 1300s; on has been used since the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

On-the contrary, the self is the source of evil, of illusion.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• individually
• negatively
• separately
• variously