au contraire

Definitions

On the contrary.

emphatic, humorous, not-comparable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Travellers have⟳ written and spoken so much of the beauty of this celebrated piece of water, that I expected to be disappointed; but, au contraire, I am almost inclined to write⟳ a rhapsody myself.”

“Fembots: (one by one) You can't resist⟳ us, Mr. Powers. / Austin Powers: Au contraire, baby. I think⟳ that you can't resist⟳ me.”

“The A-list cannot be loved by all the people all of the time. Au contraire, the bigger and better and more gorgeous one gets, the more likely one is to inspire⟳ antipathy.”

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