contrary

[to sth; see also: otherwise, contradict, contradiction]

Suppose that, contrary to our claim, ......

Suppose the contrary and choose ......

We now show that $A$ is closed. Suppose that, on the contrary, there is an $x$ ......

In the contrary case, ......

While nonparametric priors are typically difficult to manipulate, we believe the contrary is true for quantile pyramids.

Hence $F$ is bounded, contrary to assumption.

There is no evidence to the contrary.

[Do not write: “Contrary to [5], our example is finite-dimensional” if you mean: In contrast to [5], our example is finite-dimensional.]



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