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on the barrelon the barrelhead
on the beam
on the bias
on the blink
on the block
on the books
On the bow
on the brink
on the bum
on the button
on the cards
on the carpet
on the cheap
on the coattails
on the couch
on the cuff
on the defensive
on the diagonal
On the docket
on the dot
on the double
On the European plan
on the face of it
on the far side of
on the fence
on the fly
on the fritz
on the go
on the ground
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adv
1: contrary to expectations; "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends" [syn: contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise, on the contrary]
Merriam Webster's
phrasal just the opposite
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Contrary Con"tra*ry, n.; pl. Contraries. 1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities. No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. --Shak. 2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1. --Locke. 4. (Logic) See Contraries. On the contrary, in opposition; on the other hand. --Swift. To the contrary, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the other side. ``They did it, not for want of instruction to the contrary.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet.
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
1. In opposition, on the other side. 2. So far from being so, it is just the reverse; it is quite otherwise.
