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on the contrary
adverb as in again
adverb as in differently
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- abnormally
- adversely
- antagonistically
- antithetically
- asymmetrically
- conflictingly
- contradictorily
- contrarily
- contrastingly
- contrastively
- discordantly
- disparately
- dissimilarly
- distinctively
- divergently
- diversely
- hostilely
- in a different manner
- incompatibly
- incongruously
- nonconformably
- on the other hand
- oppositely
- poles apart
- uniquely
- unorthodoxly
- unusually
- vice versa
adverb as in vice versa
conjunction as in or
Example Sentences
"But our study shows there's actually no conflict at all; on the contrary, these two things support each other."
Hitler believed the German people must never be allowed to “cool off”; on the contrary, they had to be subjected to a perpetual drumbeat.
“However, our data indicate that the average compensation for in-person roles is, on the contrary, slightly lower than that for otherwise identical remote positions.”
In a statement to the BBC, the SBU said co-operating with Russian agents "will in no way ease the plight of the prisoner; on the contrary, it may significantly complicate their chances of being exchanged."
Daniel Kahnemann suggested that, on the contrary, they often act irrationally, based on instinct.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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