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in the contrary

 

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in the contrary

Part of speech: Prepositional phrase

Sense: Expressing opposition or contradiction to a previous statement or belief.

Usage:

  1. He claimed that the weather was sunny, but in the contrary, it was raining heavily.
  2. Despite his initial expectations, the experiment's results were in the contrary to what he had predicted.
  3. In the contrary to popular belief, not all sharks are dangerous.

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