Definition of "contrarie" [contrarie]

• An obsolete spelling of contrary.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• ""O Immortall God! how long sall thow suffer the woodnes and great crudelitie of the ungodlie to exercise thare furie upoun thy servandes, which do further thy word in this world, seing thei desyre to do the contrarie, that is, to chok and destroy thy trew doctrin and veritie, by the which thow hast schewed thee unto the world, which was all drouned in blyndness and mysknowledge of thy name."
• "For there it plainelie appeareth, that the adder heareth not the voice of the charmer, charme he never so cunninglie: contrarie to the poets fabling,"
• "Au contrarie, the usage problem does appear when dealing with gender."