Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

a relation of direct opposition

• “we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”

exact opposition

• “public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty”

a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• “acts contrary to our code of ethics”
• “the facts point to a contrary conclusion”

of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false; and `cold' are contrary terms"

• “`hot'”

resistant to guidance or discipline

• “Mary Mary quite contrary”
• “an obstinate child with a violent temper”
• “a perverse mood”
• “wayward behavior”

in an opposing direction

• “adverse currents”
• “a contrary wind”