All 3 Uses of
contrary
in
Romeo and Juliet
- — This trick may chance to scathe you,—I know what: You must contrary me! marry, 'tis time.
Scene 1.5 (definition 1) *contrary = contradict
- What storm is this that blows so contrary?
Scene 3.2 (definition 2) *contrary = disagreeably
- And all things change them to the contrary.
Scene 4.5 (definition 3) *to the contrary = the opposite
Definitions:
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(1) (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.
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(2) (contrary as in: a contrary personality) disagreeable -- typically in reference to someone's personality
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(3) (to the contrary as in: to the contrary) with an opposite or different effect; or something with an opposite or different effect