Both Uses of
contrary
in
All's Well That Ends Well
- E'en as soon as thou canst, for thou hast to pull at a smack o' th' contrary.†
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- ] We have lost our labour; they are gone a contrary way: hark! you may know by their trumpets.†
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Definition:
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(contrary as in: a contrary idea) different (perhaps opposite or mutually exclusive)editor's notes: In formal logic, contrary propositions or contrary arguments describe two things that cannot both be true. They might be described as mutually exclusive. For example, a pet cannot be both a cat and a dog. It doesn't need to be either, but if it is one, it cannot be the other. So the statement that a pet is a cat and the statement that the same pet is a dog, are contrary statements.