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Contrary
CONTRARY, a. [L., against.]
1. Opposite; adverse; moving against or in an opposite direction; as contrary winds.
2. Opposite; contradictory; not merely different, but inconsistent or repugnant.
The flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary, the one to the other. Gal 5.
This adjective, in many phrases, is to be treated grammatically as an adverb, or as an adjective referring to a sentence or affirmation; as, this happened contrary to my expectations. The word here really belongs to the affirmation or fact declared, this happened; for contrary does not, like an adverb, express the manner of happening, but that the fact itself was contrary to my expectation. According, agreeable, pursuant, antecedent, prior, anterior, etc., are often used in the like manner.
CONTRARY, n.
1. A thing that is contrary or of opposite qualities.
No contraries hold more antipathy, than I and such a knave.
2. A proposition contrary to another, or a fact contrary to what is alledged; as, this is stated to be a fact, but I will endeavor to show the contrary.
On the contrary, in opposition; on the other side.
To the contrary, to an opposite purpose, or fact.
They did it, not for want of instruction to the contrary.
He said it was just, but I told him to the contrary.
CONTRARY, v.t. To contradict or oppose.
contrary appears in definitions for these words:
Abhorrent Absonant Absurd Access Account Achromatic Adverse Adversely Amiss Ante Antecedence Anthorism Anti Antidemocratic Antievangelical Antihypophora Antimetrical Antiparallel Antiperistasis Antisabian Antiscians Apagoge Averse Back Backwards Barbarously Bbarbarism Beastliness Beastly Beside Betrayed Betraying Bound Brace Breach Break Bribe Cheat Clash Color Condemn Conflicting Conscience Contemperation Contraband Contradict Contradicting Contradiction Contradictory Contraindicate Contraries Contrariety Contrarious Contrariwise Contrary Contrate-wheel Controversy Controvert Conversely Counter Counter-natural Counteract Counteracted Countercast Countermand Countermanding Counterpace Counterpassant Counterpressure Counterstatute Counterstroke Countersway Countertide Counterwind Counterwork Counterwrought Crimeful Cross Cross-purpose Dehort Dehorter Demonstrate Demonstration Denial Derogate Differ Different Dilemma Disaffirm Disagreeable Discrepant Disimprovement Disinterest Disorderly Dissent Dissentaneous Double-tongued Duplicity Eddish Efflorescence Estoppel Expurgatory False Falsely Far Fat Federal Folly Fool Forcible Foul Freshness Fromward Hayward Heat Heavy Heliacal Heretic Heretical Heterodox Heterodoxy Hey Hinder Ill Illegal Illegally Illegitimate Illogical Illogically Immission Immoral Imposition Impossible Inartificially Inconsistent Incrassate Indecorous Infatuation Inflection Inofficious Intemperance Inversion Invert Inverted Invertedly Inverting Ironical Irony Irrational Irrationally Irreligious Lawless Lawlessly Lightness Likely Lose Loser Lowness Madman Malpractice Massacer Miracle Negative Nod Obdurate Odds Opposite Oppositeness Other Owing Owling Oxymoron Palinode Paradox Paradoxical Perverse Pervicacious Plow Possible Precipe Preposterous Privative Probable Prone Proneness Proof Quite Renverse Repugnant Rescue Resupinate Retrograde Revendication Revenge Reverse Reversed Reversing Revert Run Sedition Senseless Shift Shipment Sin Sinful Sinfulness Smile Smuggled Smuggler Smuggling Soft Softness Stability Sub-contrary Sycophant Thrust Thwart To Toleration Transition Tribe Ugly Unartificially Uncharitable Uncharitably Unchristian Unchristianly Unconstitutional Unconstitutionalit Unconstitutionally Ungodly Ungrammatically Unjust Unkindly Unlawful Unnatural Unneighborly Unparliamentary Unphilosophic Unphilosophically Unreasonably Unrighteous Unscientifically Unstatutable Untrue Vicious Viciously Volatile Whereas Wicked Wickedly Windbound Wrongfully
Abhorrent Absonant Absurd Access Account Achromatic Adverse Adversely Amiss Ante Antecedence Anthorism Anti Antidemocratic Antievangelical Antihypophora Antimetrical Antiparallel Antiperistasis Antisabian Antiscians Apagoge Averse Back Backwards Barbarously Bbarbarism Beastliness Beastly Beside Betrayed Betraying Bound Brace Breach Break Bribe Cheat Clash Color Condemn Conflicting Conscience Contemperation Contraband Contradict Contradicting Contradiction Contradictory Contraindicate Contraries Contrariety Contrarious Contrariwise Contrary Contrate-wheel Controversy Controvert Conversely Counter Counter-natural Counteract Counteracted Countercast Countermand Countermanding Counterpace Counterpassant Counterpressure Counterstatute Counterstroke Countersway Countertide Counterwind Counterwork Counterwrought Crimeful Cross Cross-purpose Dehort Dehorter Demonstrate Demonstration Denial Derogate Differ Different Dilemma Disaffirm Disagreeable Discrepant Disimprovement Disinterest Disorderly Dissent Dissentaneous Double-tongued Duplicity Eddish Efflorescence Estoppel Expurgatory False Falsely Far Fat Federal Folly Fool Forcible Foul Freshness Fromward Hayward Heat Heavy Heliacal Heretic Heretical Heterodox Heterodoxy Hey Hinder Ill Illegal Illegally Illegitimate Illogical Illogically Immission Immoral Imposition Impossible Inartificially Inconsistent Incrassate Indecorous Infatuation Inflection Inofficious Intemperance Inversion Invert Inverted Invertedly Inverting Ironical Irony Irrational Irrationally Irreligious Lawless Lawlessly Lightness Likely Lose Loser Lowness Madman Malpractice Massacer Miracle Negative Nod Obdurate Odds Opposite Oppositeness Other Owing Owling Oxymoron Palinode Paradox Paradoxical Perverse Pervicacious Plow Possible Precipe Preposterous Privative Probable Prone Proneness Proof Quite Renverse Repugnant Rescue Resupinate Retrograde Revendication Revenge Reverse Reversed Reversing Revert Run Sedition Senseless Shift Shipment Sin Sinful Sinfulness Smile Smuggled Smuggler Smuggling Soft Softness Stability Sub-contrary Sycophant Thrust Thwart To Toleration Transition Tribe Ugly Unartificially Uncharitable Uncharitably Unchristian Unchristianly Unconstitutional Unconstitutionalit Unconstitutionally Ungodly Ungrammatically Unjust Unkindly Unlawful Unnatural Unneighborly Unparliamentary Unphilosophic Unphilosophically Unreasonably Unrighteous Unscientifically Unstatutable Untrue Vicious Viciously Volatile Whereas Wicked Wickedly Windbound Wrongfully
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