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The phrase "the very contrary" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to emphasize a contrast or to draw attention to the fact that the opposite of what was expected has occurred. For example: "I thought she would be delighted to receive the gift, but she seemed to be the very contrary - she was angry!".
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The very contrary is the truth".
My sociological meta-analysis, to the very contrary, purports to generate a model of the differential effects of medicine by shedding light on the very contextual differences.
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"Having the executive being the prosecutor, the judge, the jury and the executioner, all in one, is very contrary to the traditions and the laws of this country," Senator Angus King Jr. of Maine said at the Brennan hearing.
"Having the executive being the prosecutor, the judge, the jury and the executioner all in one is very contrary to the traditions and the laws of this country," he said.
The buyer was interested in making some changes, she said, and "the way the super handled it was very contrary.
Having an executive be judge, jury and executioner all in one is very contrary to the traditions.
"I always thought one day someone will find that very interesting, and then I thought, 'Why should they?' Very, very contrary … the idea of being misinterpreted is very annoying".
China's threats, explicit or implied, are at the very least contrary to the spirit of open trade.
The Argument Clinic: Michael Palin pays to have an argument with a very contrary John Cleese.
But is this really being so very contrary?
"He has an agenda very, very contrary to what we have been believing he would be.
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