From contrary + -ness. contrariness (countable and uncountable, plural contrarinesses) The state of being contrary constrainers...
From contrary + -ly. contrarily (comparative more contrarily, superlative most contrarily) In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions. Synonyms:...
contrary child canon by contrary motion contrarian contrarily contrariness contrarious contrariwise contrary to opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition;...
contrary to despite; in opposition to (an assumption, etc.); differently from Contrary to what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert. contra...
also: contrariés, contraríes, and contràries contraries plural of contrary 1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara[1]: Things might go by contraries, she...
/kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje/ contrarier to thwart to upset to stand in the way of Conjugation of contrarier (see also Appendix:French verbs) “contrarier”, in Trésor de...
also: contraries, contraríes, and contràries contrariés masculine plural of contrarié contraires, contrerais, racornîtes, tracerions contrariés second-person...
See also: contraries, contrariés, and contràries contraríes second-person singular present subjunctive of contrariar...
on the contrary (conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed. 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff...