contrary meaning
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[ˈkɒntɹəɹi] [ˈkɑntɹɛɹi] [-ɛəɹi] 
US WContrary
- Contrary may refer to:
- Contrary (logic) is the relationship between two propositions when they cannot both be true.
- Contrary motion, in music theory
- Contrary Magazine, a literary journal founded at the University of Chicago
- Contrary (social role), in certain Amerindian cultures
- Contrary (comics), a character from Malibu Comics' Ultraverse
- Little Miss Contrary, a Little Miss character
- NounPLcontrariesPREcontra-SUF-ary
- The opposite.
- One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true.
- The opposite.
- VerbSGcontrariesPRcontraryingPT, PPcontraried
- (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
- (obsolete) To impugn.
- (obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
- (obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
- (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 oppose; to frustrate.
- AdjectiveCOMmore contrarySUPmost contrary
- Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
- contrary winds
- Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
- Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
- a contrary disposition; a contrary child
- Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
- AdverbCOMmore contrarySUPmost contrary
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Dialectics degenerates into its contrary (as it does later in neo-Hegelian irrationalism), into alogism.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of contrary in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
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- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Adjectives
- en contrarying
- en contrary to
- en contrarywise
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "contrary" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.