āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
contrary
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contrary
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¤
completely different or opposed in basic qualities or usual behaviors
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The results of the study were contrary to the initial hypothesis, surprising the researchers.
āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
describing words or propositions that cannot both be true at the same time, but can both be false
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the exercise, students were asked to identify which contrary pairs could not both be true.
03
stubbornly resistant to advice, guidance, or authority
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She has a contrary streak, always questioning authority.
04
situated or moving in the opposite direction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Winds blew in a contrary direction, slowing down the flight.
Contrary
01
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¤
a relation of direct opposition or disagreement between two things
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His opinion was in direct contrary to mine.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
the complete opposite of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Success is often the contrary of failure.
03
a logical relationship where two propositions are contraries if they cannot both be true, but can both be false
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In a syllogism, contraries can not both be true simultaneously.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
contrarily
contrariness
contrary
contrar
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