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contrary

adj
/ˈkɒntɹəɹi/UK/ˈkɑntɹɛɹi/US

Etymology

From Middle English contrarie, compare French contraire, from Old French contraire, from Latin contrārius (“opposite, opposed, contrary”), from contrā (“against”).

  1. derived from contrārius
  2. derived from contraire
  3. inherited from contrarie

Definitions

  1. Opposite

    Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.

    • contrary winds
    • And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me[…]
    • We have lost our labour; they are gone a contrary way.

  2. Opposed

    Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.

  3. Given to opposition

    Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.

    • a contrary disposition; a contrary child
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Contrarily

      • I never act contrary to my principles.

    2. The opposite.

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

    3. One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may…

      One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.

      • 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.

    4. A type of loaded die.

    5. To oppose

      To oppose; to frustrate.

      • The Athenians having left the enemie in their owne land, for to pass into Sicilie, had very ill successe, and were much contraried by fortune[…].

    6. To impugn.

    7. To contradict (someone or something).

      • I finde them everie one in his turne to have reason, although they contrary one another.

    8. To do the opposite of (someone or something).

    9. To act inconsistently or perversely

      To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.

    10. To argue

      To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.

    11. To be self-contradictory

      To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

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Derived

canon by contrary motion, contrarian, contrarily, contrariness, contrarious, contrariwise, contrary to, by contraries, on the contrary, quite the contrary, to the contrary

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contrary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contrary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at contrary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA