We found 28 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word contrary:
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 General (24 matching dictionaries)
- contrary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- contrary: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- contrary: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Contrary: Wiktionary [home, info]
- contrary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- contrary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- contrary: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- Contrary, contrary: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- contrary: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- contrary: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- contrary: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- contrary: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- Contrary (comics), Contrary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Contrary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- contrary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- contrary: Rhymezone [home, info]
- Contrary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- contrary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- contrary: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- contrary: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- contrary: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- contrary: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- contrary: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- contrary: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Art (2 matching dictionaries)
- CONTRARY: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]
- contrary: The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) [home, info]
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
- contrary: Idioms [home, info]
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- Contrary: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook [home, info]
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Quick definitions (contrary)
▸ noun: two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
▸ noun: exact opposition ("Public opinion to the contrary he is not guilty")
▸ noun: a relation of direct opposition
▸ adjective: resistant to guidance or discipline ("Mary Mary quite contrary")
▸ adjective: very opposed in nature or character or purpose ("Acts contrary to our code of ethics")
▸ adjective: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false ("`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms")
▸ adjective: in an opposing direction ("A contrary wind")
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