Usually means: Opposite in nature or meaning.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word contrary:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. contrary, the contrary: Merriam-Webster
  2. contrary, contrary, the contrary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contrary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contrary: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contrary: Vocabulary.com
  6. Contrary, contrary: Wordnik
  7. contrary, the contrary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contrary: Wiktionary
  9. contrary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. contrary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. contrary: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Contrary, contrary: Dictionary.com
  13. contrary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. contrary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Contrary (logic), Contrary (social role), Contrary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Contrary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. contrary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. contrary: Rhymezone
  19. Contrary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. contrary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. contrary: FreeDictionary.org
  22. contrary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. contrary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. contrary: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. contrary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contrary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contrary: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contrary: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Contrary: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  2. contrary: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
adjective:  Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
adjective:  Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
adverb:  Contrarily
noun:  The opposite.
noun:  (logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
noun:  (historical) A type of loaded die.
verb:  (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
verb:  (obsolete) To impugn.
verb:  (obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
verb:  (obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
verb:  (obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
verb:  (obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
verb:  (obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.

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