On the contrary

Definition

contrary 1 /'kɒntrǝri; US -treri/ adj ဆန္႔က်င္ဘက္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ ကြဲလြဲျခားနားေသာ။ ေျပာင္းျပန္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ contrary beliefs/opinions/ideas/views/advice ❍ traffic moving in contrary directions ❍ The results were contrary to all expectation. n the contrary [sing] ဆန္႔က်င္ဘက္။ ေျပာင္းျပန္။ I've never opposed it. The contrary is true: I've always supported it. ❏ contrary to prep ဖီလာ(အားျဖင့္)။ 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 ] (အမွန္ေတာ့ အဲဒါနဲ႔) တျခားစီ၊ ေျပာင္းျပန္။ 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 ] အဲဒါနဲ႔ေျပာင္းျပန္ပဲ။ There's no complacency among Labour leaders, quite the contrary. ❏ to the contrary [ IDM ] ဆန္႔က်င္လ်က္။ 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). contrary 2 /kǝn'treǝri/ adj ( derog ) ေခါင္းမာေသာ။ ေထာ္ေလာ္ ကန္႔လန္႔ႏိုင္ေသာ။ He's an awkward, contrary child. contrarily adv contrariness n [U]

Examples

1. A contrary view/opinion
2. [contrary to] : The introduction of such a tax would be contrary to our policy.