·noun ·see Contraries.
II. Contrary ·noun An opponent; an Enemy.
III. Contrary ·adj Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
IV. Contrary ·noun A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
V. Contrary ·adj Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
VI. Contrary ·adj Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
VII. Contrary ·adj Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
VIII. Contrary ·noun the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. ·see Converse, ·noun, 1.