Usually means: Opposite, contrasting the previous statement.
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  1. on the contrary: Merriam-Webster
  2. on the contrary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on the contrary: Collins English Dictionary
  4. on the contrary: Vocabulary.com
  5. on the contrary: Wordnik
  6. on the contrary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. on the contrary: Wiktionary
  8. On the contrary, on the contrary: Dictionary.com
  9. on the contrary: Rhymezone
  10. on the contrary: FreeDictionary.org
  11. on the contrary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. on the contrary: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. on the contrary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the contrary: Encyclopedia

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  1. on the contrary: Idioms

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  1. on the contrary: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from WordNet (on the contrary)

adverb:  contrary to expectations ("On the contrary, he went out with his friends")

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