Results for contrary

Definitions of contrary:

part of speech: adjective

Opposite: inconsistent: contradictory.

part of speech: noun

An opponent; an enemy.

part of speech: adjective

Opposed; contradictory; opposite in direction; perverse; wayward.

part of speech: noun

Contrariness, contrariety.

part of speech: noun

CONTRARINESS.

part of speech: noun

A thing of opposite qualities.

part of speech: adverb

Contrarily.

part of speech: noun

A thing of qualities opposite to those of some other thing; the opposite of some assertion.

part of speech: adjective

Adverse; opposite; contradictory; repugnant; in an opposite direction.

Usage examples for contrary:

• They will charge you with want of respect to your high station, and that is not right, for you have on the contrary too much; you are so proud, Albrecht, that everything is all the same to you. "Royal Highness", Thomas Mann

• No, no, old man, just the contrary believe me! "Out of the Primitive", Robert Ames Bennet

• On the contrary Ambassador. "The Moghul", Thomas Hoover

• It's contrary to all natural law." "Principles of Teaching", Adam S. Bennion