contrary

contrary¹ /'kɒntrǝri; US -treri/ adj

ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်ဖြစ်သော။ ကွဲလွဲခြားနားသော။ ပြောင်းပြန်ဖြစ်သော။
contrary beliefs/opinions/ideas/views/advice ❍ traffic moving in contrary directions ❍ The results were contrary to all expectation.
n the contrary [sing] ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်။ ပြောင်းပြန်။
I've never opposed it. The contrary is true: I've always supported it.
❏ contrary to prep ဖီလာ(အားဖြင့်)။
Such practices as these are contrary to the law/ rules. ❍ Contrary to popular belief/opinion, the administration is highly centralized. ❍ Contrary to his doctor's orders, he had gone back to work.
❏ on the contrary [IDM ] (အမှန်တော့ အဲဒါနဲ့) တခြားစီ၊ ပြောင်းပြန်။
It doesn't seem ugly to me; on the contrary,
I think it's rather beautiful. ❍ ‘Are you busy?’ ‘No’, on the contrary, I'm out of work.
❏ quite the contrary [IDM ] အဲဒါနဲ့ပြောင်းပြန်ပဲ။ There's no complacency among Labour leaders, quite the contrary.
❏ to the contrary [IDM ] ဆန့်ကျင်လျက်။ I will come on Monday unless you write to the contrary (ie telling me not to come). ❍ proof/evidence to the contrary (ie that sth is not true).

contrary² /kǝn'treǝri/ adj (derog )

ခေါင်းမာသော။ ထော်လော် ကန့်လန့်နိုင်သော။ He's an awkward, contrary child. contrarily adv contrariness n [U]