"contrary direction" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to refer to a movement or course of action that is opposite to another. For example, "We had to take a detour since the bridge was closed and take a contrary direction."
And when it is, art is often ahead of the political news curve, and heading in a contrary direction.
To eschew something is a very active repudiation, like stalking away from it in a contrary direction.
The solution would appear (sometimes the novel felt like a vast crossword puzzle) through a combination of experiment, meditation and lateral thought: I had to step firmly away from the French and face a contrary direction – another track entirely.
He must be courageous and be able to operate in a contrary direction to the conventional wisdom.
Then, the motor can realize three-step speed regulation by switching the operation mode, and drive two rotors rotating or two sliders moving with same or contrary direction.
Moreover the period-one double-impact symmetrical motion will undergo Hopf bifurcation directly as the forcing frequency is changed in the contrary direction.
Often her thoughts went in these contrary directions at once.
Three single-pitch roofs fly upwards in contrary directions, culminating in big windows.
"And over time I have come to learn that ability and appearance work in contrary directions," she added.
Their 96-88 victory at the TD Waterhouse Center kept both teams going in the contrary directions they were in when they entered the game.
But in Lemann's pieces, candidates aren't like that; instead, they have all sorts of weird interests and life experiences that pull them in contrary directions.
