atvirkščiai

Meaning

on the contrary

Example

I am not angry, on the contrary, I am grateful that you told the truth.

A way to remember it

From atvirkščias "reversed, inside out": the other way round → on the contrary.

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 4 of them.

More words at level C1

• bendradarbiavimas cooperation, collaboration
• bendrai paėmus all in all, by and large
• bendrinis common, generic; standard (of a language)
• bruožas trait, feature
• būdingas characteristic, typical
• derinti to combine, to coordinate
• esminis essential, fundamental
• esmė essence, gist

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