Contrary to
In other words and contrary to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In other words" instead a conjunction phrase "Contrary to".
In other words
In other words adverb - Otherwise stated.
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Synonyms for In other words
Contrary to and in other words are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrary to" instead a conjunction phrase "In other words".
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Related pairs
- in reverse and contrary to
- in reverse and in other words
- on the contrary and contrary to
- on the contrary and in other words
- conversely and contrary to
- conversely and in other words
- oppositely and contrary to
- oppositely and in other words
- or else and contrary to
- or else and in other words
- on the other hand and contrary to
- on the other hand and in other words
- instead of and contrary to
- instead of and in other words
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Contrary to popular belief, once he starts the repeating portion of his text (in other words, not from the beginning) you can press B to skip to the end.
Source: Shall I Repeat That? -
Aluminum Christmas Trees: Hoodoo is a real folk practice, albeit not as sinister as the film tries to make it (and contrary to what Jill implies in her Info Dump, most of it's adherents are Protestant Christians - in other words, God has everything to do with it).
Source: Film / The Skeleton Key
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