Word Definition

Contrary

  1. An opponent; an enemy.
  2. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
  3. Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
  4. Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
  5. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1.
  6. Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
  7. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.

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