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to the contrary

1. Alternative form of on the contrary.

   I heard nothing to the contrary.

   • 2006, Johanna Lindsey, Joining:

     "[...] You choose to do them anyway, and bedamn any opinion to the contrary."

   • 2013, Robert Nisbet, Teachers and Scholars:

     Despite possible lore among graduate students to the contrary, most faculty members dread having to fail a student in the qualifyings.