单词 | to the contrary |
释义 | > as lemmasto (†in) the contrary c. to (†in) the contrary: to the opposite effect; in opposition to, or reversal of, what is stated. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb] > to the contrary to (in) the contrary1512 in the contrairc1565 e contra1782 1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 10 Any acte..heretofore made to the contrary notwithstondyng. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. ii. 10 I haue a Kings oath to the contrarie . View more context for this quotation 1621 First & Second Bk. Discipline (Church of Scotl.) 7 Nothing alledged in the contrarie. 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (1874) iv. ii. 513 Whatever the gloomy and disappointed may say to the contrary. < as lemmas |
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