1. Contrary to expectations
   "he didn't stay home; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"
   - contrarily, to the contrary, contrariwise

Encyclopedia: On the contrary

• Aix sponsa
• Aix-la-Chapelle
• Aizoaceae
• Ajaia
• Ajaia ajaja
• ajar
• Ajax
• Ajuga
• Ajuga chamaepitys
• Ajuga genevensis
• Ajuga pyramidalis
• Ajuga reptans
• AK
• AK-47
• Akaba
• Akan
• akaryocyte
• akaryote
• akathisia
• akee
• akee tree
• Akela
• Aken
• Akeridae
• Akha