Meaning of contrary | Babel Free

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1. The opposite.
2. In an opposite direction or manner; counter: The judge ruled contrary to all precedent in the case.
3. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
4. In opposition to what is expected.
5. A type of loaded die.
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6. In opposition to what has been stated or what is expected: I'm not sick; on the contrary, I'm in the peak of health.
7. To the opposite effect from what has been stated or what is expected: Despite what you say to the contrary, this contract is fair.
8. That which is diametrically opposed to another:antipode, antipodes, antithesis, antonym, converse, counter, opposite, reverse.
9. (often with to) opposite (to) or in disagreement (with). That decision was contrary to my wishes; Contrary to popular belief he is an able politician. teenstrydig مُتَناقِض، مُضاد، مُعاكِس противоположен contrário proti, navzdory (čemu) entgegengesetzt stik imod; i modsætning til αντίθετος contrario a vastupidine مخالف؛ ضد vastaan contraire; contrairementלהיפך विपरीत suprotan, protivan ellentétes berlawanan andstæður contrario; contrariamente 反対の 정반대의 priešingas pretējs bertentangan in strijd...
   often with
10. (with the) the opposite. teenoorgestelde ضِد، نَقيض، عَكس противоположност contrário opak das Gegenteil det modsatte το αντίθετο contrario vastand خلاف؛ ضد vastakkainen contraire הָהֵיפֵך विरोधी, प्रतिकल suprotnost, opreka az ellenkező(je vminek) lawan andstæða contraddire 逆 반대 priešingybė pretējais; pretējība bertentangan tegendeeldet motsatteprzeciwieństwo ضد contrário opus противоположность opak nasprotje suprotnost motsats สิ่งที่ตรงกันข้าม tersi, aksi 相反 протилежне, супротивне متضاد، مخا...
    with
11. the very opposite (is true). `Are you busy?' `No, on the contrary, I'm not doing anything at the moment.' inteendeel عَلى العَكس، عَلى الضَّد، عَلى النَّقيض напротив pelo contrário naopak im Gegenteil tværtimod αντιθέτως al contrario vastupidi برعکس päin vastoin au contraireלהיפך बिल्कुल नहीं, उलटे nasuprot, naprotiv (éppen) ellenkezőleg sebaliknya þvert á móti al contrario それどころか 반대로 priešingai gluži otrādi sebaliknya in tegendeel tvert imot, derimot wprost przeciwnie چپ pelo contrário dimpo...
12. obstinate; unreasonable. stroomop مُعانِد، مُشاكِس противоречив teimoso paličatý entgegen vrangvillig; modvillig; tvær πεισματάρης, παράλογοςterco, obstinado, que siempre lleva la contraria vastaline لجوج؛ کله شق vastahakoinen contrariantעקשן प्रतिकूल tvrdoglav, prgav makacs keras kepala, kebalikan þverlyndur いこじの 완고한 užsispyręs, priešgynus ietiepīgs suka membantah weerbarstigvrang, obsternasig, motvillig, tverr przekorny سرتنبه ګۍ سرزورى teimoso încăpăţânat своенравный tvrdohlavý kljubovalen...
13. koppigheid تَناقُض، تَعاكُس дух на противоречие teimosia paličatost die Gegensätzlichkeit vrangvillighed, modvillighed; tværhed ξεροκεφαλιά, πείσμαterquedad, obstinación vastalisus لجاجت vastahakoisuus esprit de contradiction דָווקָאוּת प्रतिकूलता suprotstavljanje, protivljenje ellenállás, ellentmondásra való hajlam sikap melawan þvermóðska spirito di contraddizione つむじ曲り 반대, 외고집 priešgynumas ietiepība bantahan weerbarstigheidvrangvillighet, obsternasighet przekora لجوج teimosia spirit de con...

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Examples

“No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave.”

“If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false.”

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