See quite the contrary on Wiktionary
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"expansion": "quite the contrary (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"glosses": [
"opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed."
],
"id": "en-quite_the_contrary-en-adv-gEqWBIZT",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(conjunctive) opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "au contraire"
},
{
"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "if anything"
},
{
"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "far from it"
},
{
"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "quite the opposite"
},
{
"word": "contrariwise"
},
{
"word": "on the contrary"
},
{
"word": "to the contrary"
}
],
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"not-comparable"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "doch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "wręcz przeciwnie"
}
]
}
],
"word": "quite the contrary"
}
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"opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed."
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"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "au contraire"
},
{
"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "if anything"
},
{
"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "far from it"
},
{
"sense": "opposite of what had earlier been assumed",
"word": "quite the opposite"
},
{
"word": "contrariwise"
},
{
"word": "on the contrary"
},
{
"word": "to the contrary"
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"translations": [
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "doch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "wręcz przeciwnie"
}
],
"word": "quite the contrary"
}
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