: a fact or condition incompatible with another : opposite
: one of a pair of opposites
: a proposition (see 1proposition 2a) so related to another that though both may be false they cannot both be true — compare subcontrary
: being so different as to be at opposite extremes : opposite
: being not in conformity with what is usual or expected
: unfavorable
: contrariwise, contrarily
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