Sentence:  The supposed tactual sense of spatial location and orientation in the patient and his ability to specify the location of a member , as well as the direction and scope of a movement , passively executed ( with one of his members ) , proved to have been , <WSD>on</WSD> the contrary , very considerably affected '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  contrary to expectations; on the contrary, he went out with his friends"