Толковый словарь английского языка - contrary

I. noun (plural -traries) Etymology: Middle English contrarie, from Anglo-French contraire, contrairie, from Medieval Latin contrarius, from Latin, adjective, opposite, adverse, from contra opposite Date: 13th century a fact or condition incompatible with another ; opposite, one of a pair of opposites, 3. a proposition so related to another that though both may be false they cannot both be true, either of two terms (as good and evil) that cannot both be affirmed of the same subject, II. adjective Date: 14th century being so different as to be at opposite extremes ; opposite , being not in conformity with what is usual or expected , unfavorable, temperamentally unwilling to accept control or advice, contrarily adverb contrariness noun Synonyms: see: ~see: opposite III. adverb Date: 15th century contrariwise, contrarily