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What does quite the contrary mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word quite the contrary? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. (conjunctive) opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed.
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Your needs do not decrease on retirement, quite the contrary.
But that is no reason for us to give up or to halt our investments, quite the contrary!
I would argue that the evidence shows quite the contrary and I will lay out some of that evidence here.
I think Austria has no call for complaint regarding what has been done, quite the contrary.
The man wasn't tall, quite the contrary, he was podgy with a round, smiling face.
It is quite the contrary in the case of the instantaneous gratification of a video work, of an installation, or of gestural art.

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