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on the contrary

American  

phrase

  1. the opposite is true; not at all; by no means (often used as an interjection).

  2. (used to introduce a statement contradictory or opposing to a previous one).

on the contrary Idioms  

  1. 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.

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