CONTRARY
\kˈɒntɹəɹˌɪ], \kˈɒntɹəɹˌɪ], \k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɹ_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ]\
Definitions of CONTRARY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty"
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resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
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very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"
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of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
By Princeton University
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exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty"
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resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior"
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very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a contrary conclusion"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
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Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
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Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
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Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
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A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
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An opponent; an enemy.
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the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1.
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See Contraries.
By Oddity Software
By Daniel Lyons
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Opposed; contradictory; opposite in direction; perverse; wayward.
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A thing of qualities opposite to those of some other thing; the opposite of some assertion.
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Contrariness, contrariety.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Opposite; inconsistent.
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That which is contrary.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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