Contrary
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.
Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
An opponent; an enemy.
the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1.
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Contrary Quotations
When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Confucius
Extreme positions are not succeeded by moderate ones, but by contrary extreme positions.
Friedrich Nietzsche
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
Voltaire
Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.
Voltaire
Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.
Barack Obama
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Saint Augustine
To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.
Albert Camus
Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.
Albert Camus
If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.
Leo Tolstoy
Contrary Translations
contrary in Afrikaans is teenoorgesteld
contrary in Danish is modsat
contrary in Dutch is tegengesteld, strijdig, tegenliggend
contrary in German is entgegengesetzt, zuwider
contrary in Hungarian is nyakas, akaratos
contrary in Latin is contrarius
contrary in Norwegian is motsatt
contrary in Swedish is trilsk, motsatt
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