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contrary

English

🔊 resistant to guidance or discipline
“Mary Mary quite contrary”
🔊 very opposed in nature or character or purpose
“acts contrary to our code of ethics”
🔊 of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
“`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms”
🔊 in an opposing direction
“adverse currents”
🔊 a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
🔊 exact opposition
“public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty”
🔊 a relation of direct opposition
“we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true”