quite the contrary
adjective
Roget 14:
contrary,
contrarious†,
contrariant†;
opposite,
counter,
dead against;
converse,
reverse;
opposed,
antithetical,
contrasted,
antipodean,
antagonistic,
opposing;
conflicting,
inconsistent,
contradictory,
at cross purposes;
negative;
hostile
etc.
703.
differing toto coelo [Lat.];
diametrically opposite;
diametrically opposed;
as opposite as black and white,
as opposite as light and darkness,
as opposite as fire and water,
as opposite as the poles;
as different as night and day;
Hyperion to a satyr"
[Hamlet];
quite the contrary,
quite the reverse;
no such thing,
just the other way,
tout au contraire [Fr.].
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adverb
Roget 536:
no,
nay,
not,
nowise;
not a bit,
not a whit,
not a jot;
not at all,
nohow,
not in the least,
not so;
negative,
negatory;
no way [Coll.];
no such thing;
nothing of the kind,
nothing of the sort;
quite the contrary,
tout au contraire [Fr.],
far from it;
tant s'en faut [Fr.];
on no account,
in no respect;
by no,
by no manner of means;
negatively.
[negative with respect to time]
never,
never in a million years;
at no time.
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