Available Definitions:
1) n. - Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.
2) a. - Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.
3) a. - Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.
4) a. - Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions.
5) n. - A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.
6) n. - An opponent; an enemy.
7) n. - the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse , n., 1.
8) n. - See Contraries .