i Register
In some senses, contrary is marked as obsolete, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
contrary winds
And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me[…]
Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
Galileo [Galilei]'s zeal for his opinions soon led him again to bring the question under the notice of the Pope, and the result was a declaration of the Inquisition that the doctrine of the earth's motion appeared to be contrary to the sacred scripture.
Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
a contrary disposition; a contrary child
adv
Contrarily
I never act contrary to my principles.
noun
The opposite.
No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave.
One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false.
A type of loaded die.