Sentence examples for the exact contrary from inspiring English sources
adjective
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- The clock keeps exact time.
In reality the exact contrary is true: We Are Here For It. Capitalism without pesky democracy is our future.
This directive came eight months after a federal judge issued an order to the exact contrary and more than seven months after the United States Supreme Court found marriage a constitutional right for same-sex couples.
The bottom line to be taken away from this example is that coincidence is the occurrence of one or more events that are unexpected but, more importantly, that are completely reliant upon luck while irony describes singular events in which the outcome is the exact contrary to what one might expect.
He went up to the grower and said, in French, "Why is it that no one any longer grows green asparagus when was it that people went over to white asparagus?" The man gave him an incredulous look, and then said, in the beautiful clear French of the Île-de-France, "You know, I would say that what you've just stated is the exact contrary of the truth".
He went up to the grower and said, in French, "Why is it that no one any longer grows green asparagus — when was it that people went over to white asparagus?" The man gave him an incredulous look, and then said, in the beautiful clear French of the Île-de-France, "You know, I would say that what you've just stated is the exact contrary of the truth".
On the interpretation sketched here, the view of evidence that was ultimately embraced by the logical positivists is the exact contrary of the view that had been embraced by (many) traditional epistemologists: according to the former, evidence is essentially public while according to the latter evidence is essentially private.
On the contrary, there is every reason to believe the exact opposite.
Contrary to Usher's claims, the reality is the exact opposite of what he says.
Contrary to widespread opinion, one process is not always the exact opposite of the other.
Contrary to what some people think, these steps have not lowered our quality of life – in fact, my view is they have done the exact opposite.
The exact opposite occurred.
