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per contra

per contra adverb: in contrast, on the contrary.

Adverb

per contra (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) in contrast, on the contrary
    • Lord Oxford has been a twelvemonth in Herefordshire, as far from us, literally, though not geographically, as if he had been with you in Ireland. He has writ no more to us, than if we were still ministers of state. But, in the balance of account, per contra, I have lord Harley at London; and have...1720 May 4, Matthew Prior, letter to Jonathan Swift
    • […]Per contra, Hobbes, who was no tyrannophobe, declared instead that political citizens were as a God to one another, while non-political men were to one another as arrant wolves (II, h).1934, John Laird, Hobbes, page 66

per contra meaning in Tamil

per contra in Tamil

கணக்கு ஏட்டின் எதிர்ப்புறம், எதிராக

Origin of per contra

Borrowed from Latin per contra.

Questions about per contra

What does per contra mean?
Per contra means in contrast, on the contrary.
What is per contra in Tamil?
Per contra in Tamil is கணக்கு ஏட்டின் எதிர்ப்புறம், எதிராக. See Per contra meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is per contra?
Per contra is an adverb.

Words near per contra in the dictionary

  1. per cent
  2. per cent.
  3. per centum
  4. per chevron
  5. per chief
  6. per contra
  7. per curiam
  8. per diem
  9. per diems
  10. per fess
  11. per impossibile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: per contra (page history and authors); per contra (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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