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Word: contrary (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • opposed in nature
  • strongly dissimilar

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Adverb:

  • Contrarily

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Noun:

  • One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.
  • The opposite.

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Verb:

  • obsolete To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition ''to''.
  • obsolete To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
  • obsolete To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
  • obsolete To contradict (''someone'' or ''something'').
  • obsolete To do the opposite of (''someone'' or ''something'').
  • obsolete To impugn.
  • obsolete To oppose; to frustrate.

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