to the contrary

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   showing or proving the opposite

   Well, I have information to the contrary.

In the movies · 4

• ...despite considerable evidence to the contrary.Suddenly, Last Summer1959
• Well, I have information to the contrary.The Shop Around the Corner1940
• Have you heard any imputation to the contrary?The Merchant of Venice2004
• All evidence to the contrary.Batman: Under the Red Hood2010
• On the contrary,The Mummy1999
• On the contrary.Persuasion2007
• On the contrary...Bird Box2018
• Yes. She denied his identity in spite of all of the evidence pointing to the contrary.Changeling2008

Learn it in full scenes

• Suddenly, Last Summer1959
  • A Doctor, a Letter, and Money
  • Mrs. Venable Meets Dr. Cukrowicz
  • Mrs. Venable Shows the Garden
• The Shop Around the Corner1940
  • Morning Gossip at Matuschek's
  • The Anonymous Letter From Box 237
  • Matuschek's Singing Cigarette Box
• Persuasion2007
  • Sir Walter Snubs the Navy
  • She Was Persuaded Eight Years Ago
  • Wentworth on Firmness of Character

From the same entry

• on the contrary
• quite the contrary