on the contrary
on
ˈɑ:n
aan
the
ðə
dhē
cont
kɑnt
kaant
ra
rɛ
re
ry
ri
ri
/ɒnðə kˈɒntɹəɹˌÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "on the contrary"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āωāĻ˛ā§āĻŸā§‹

used to indicate that the opposite or a different viewpoint is true in response to a previous statement
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sarah expected the meeting to be short and unproductive. On the contrary, it turned out to be a lively discussion with many innovative ideas.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āϏāĻš āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϤ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ