<span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> Alternative form of on <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>. I heard nothing <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>....
<span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> despite; in opposition <span class="searchmatch">to</span> (an assumption, etc.); differently from <span class="searchmatch">Contrary</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> what you might think, Antarctica is technically a desert. contra...
wayward <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>) <span class="searchmatch">Contrarily</span> I never act <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> my principles. <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">contraries</span>) <span class="searchmatch">The</span> opposite...
From <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">contrarily</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">contrarily</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">contrarily</span>) In a <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> manner; in opposite ways or directions. Synonyms:...
on <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> (conjunctive) Opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed; <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>. 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North...
From <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">contrariness</span> (countable and uncountable, plural contrarinesses) <span class="searchmatch">The</span> state of being <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> constrainers...
on <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> quite <span class="searchmatch">the</span> <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> (not comparable) (conjunctive) opposite of what had earlier been expected or assumed. (opposite of...
also: <span class="searchmatch">contrariés</span>, <span class="searchmatch">contraríes</span>, and <span class="searchmatch">contràries</span> <span class="searchmatch">contraries</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> 1895, F. Marion Crawford, Taquisara[1]: Things might go by <span class="searchmatch">contraries</span>, she...
<span class="searchmatch">contraried</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span> intracoder...
<span class="searchmatch">contrarying</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">contrary</span>...