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	contraband

	contrabass

	contrabassoon

	contraception

	contraceptive

	contraceptive ring

	contract

	contract bridge

	contract grade

	contract of employment

	contract of purchase

	contract out

	contractile

	contractile vacuole

	contraction

	contractionary fiscal policy

	contractionary monetary policy

con·trar·y [ kón trèrree ]

adjective

Definition:

1. conflicting: not at all in agreement with something

Such arrangements were contrary to his moral code.

2. opposite: opposite in direction

flew in a direction contrary to the rest of the airplanes

3. obstructing or hindering progress: making forward motion extremely hard

slowed by contrary winds

4. [ kón trèrree, kən trérree ] deliberately disobedient: willfully disobedient or uncooperative

a contrary child

5. logic unable to be true at once: describes a pair of propositions that cannot both be true, though they may both be false

noun

Definition:

the opposite: the opposite of something

Actually, the contrary is true.

[13th century. Via Anglo-Norman< Latin contrarius< contra "against"]

con·trar·i·ly [ kón trèrrilee ] adverb

con·trar·i·ness [ kón trèrrinəss ] noun

contrary to differently from

on or to the contrary quite the reverse is true