Usually means: Opposites within the same framework.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word contraries:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. contraries: Merriam-Webster
  2. contraries: Collins English Dictionary
  3. contraries: Vocabulary.com
  4. Contraries, contraries: Wordnik
  5. contraries: Wiktionary
  6. Contraries, contraries: Dictionary.com
  7. Contraries: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. contraries: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. contraries: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Contraries: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Contraries: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Contraries: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. contraries: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contraries: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contraries: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contraries: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. contraries: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contrary)

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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