противоположный

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Russian

Etymology

противоположи́ть (protivopoložítʹ) +‎ -ный (-nyj). Compare with Czech protikladný (opposite, contrary, contradictory, antagonistic).

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Adjective

противополо́жный (protivopolóžnyj)

  1. opposite
    противополо́жный ему́ у́голprotivopolóžnyj jemú úgolthe corner opposite him
    • 1861, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть I. Глава I”, in Униженные и оскорблённые; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Insulted and Humiliated, London: Heinemann, 1915:
      Поровня́вшись с конди́терской Ми́ллера, я вдруг останови́лся как вко́панный и стал смотре́ть на ту сто́рону у́лицы, как бу́дто предчу́вствуя, что вот сейча́с со мной случи́тся что́-то необыкнове́нное, и в э́то-то са́мое мгнове́ние на противополо́жной стороне́ я уви́дел старика́ и его́ соба́ку.
      Porovnjávšisʹ s kondíterskoj Míllera, ja vdrug ostanovílsja kak vkópannyj i stal smotrétʹ na tu stóronu úlicy, kak búdto predčúvstvuja, što vot sejčás so mnoj slučítsja štó-to neobyknovénnoje, i v éto-to sámoje mgnovénije na protivopolóžnoj storoné ja uvídel stariká i jevó sobáku.
      As I reached Muller’s, the confectioner’s, I suddenly stood stock-still and began staring at that side of the street, as though I had a presentiment that something extra-ordinary was just going to happen to me; and at that very instant I saw, on the opposite side of the street, the old man with his dog.
  2. contrary, opposed

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