Definition of Contrary

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Contrary

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.

Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.

Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.

Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.

A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

An opponent; an enemy.

the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1.

See Contraries.

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Contrary Quotations

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Confucius

Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.
Friedrich Nietzsche

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
Walt Whitman

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
Voltaire

Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
Voltaire

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.
Leo Tolstoy

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Saint Augustine

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.
Salvador Dali

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them.
Blaise Pascal

Contrary Translations

contrary in Afrikaans is teenoorgesteld
contrary in Danish is modsat
contrary in Dutch is tegengesteld, strijdig, tegenliggend
contrary in German is entgegengesetzt, zuwider
contrary in Hungarian is nyakas, akaratos
contrary in Latin is contrarius
contrary in Norwegian is motsatt
contrary in Swedish is trilsk, motsatt

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