noun ·see contraries.
2. contrary ·noun an opponent; an enemy.
3. contrary ·adj opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
4. contrary ·noun a thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
5. contrary ·adj opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
6. contrary ·adj affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
7. contrary ·adj given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
8. contrary ·noun the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. ·see converse, ·noun, 1.