Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb On the contrary.
- adverb By way of contrast.
from The Century Dictionary.
- On the contrary.
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- adverb law in contrast, on the contrary
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin per contrā : per, per + contrā, against.]
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From Latin per contra
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