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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