on the contrary
Example Sentences
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“It is not a great disproportion between ourselves and others which produces envy, but on the contrary, a proximity,” wrote David Hume, the 18th-century philosopher and economist.
She said that on the contrary, she spends lavishly on him, including partly paying for a Mercedes for his 19th birthday.
But, he added "on the contrary it can also serve to decrease reporting and decrease the level of threat and risk".
From BBC
"But our study shows there's actually no conflict at all; on the contrary, these two things support each other."
From BBC
Hitler believed the German people must never be allowed to “cool off”; on the contrary, they had to be subjected to a perpetual drumbeat.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
