contrariety
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The contrariety is more apparent than real, as the operation consists in the removal of the coarser roots, a process which results in the development of a mass of fine feeding roots.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
The whole force of the contrast and contrariety between the Colossian Christians’ past and present lies in that emphatic “now.”
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
“And flowing north, too?” said Frank, whose 8 quick mind had seized upon that point of contrariety in Nature.
From The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition by Breckenridge, Gerald
Somehow, the contrariety of the proprieties, as she translated them, bewildered and baffled him.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
At any other time, moved by the sheer and wanton contrariety of her disposition, Constance would have declined to profit by this concession—would have delighted to stand by and deftly add fuel to the fire.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
With Martin, who has just been released after serving a prison term, Ayme takes a dreamlike but invigorating stroll through the contrarieties of Western society.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he was much more; as Louis Kronenberger points out in his introduction to this handy Portable, Boswell was both a kind of genius and "a tissue of contrarieties."
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Sharpe shook his head as if to clear it of contrarieties.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Accordingly we find in them surprising mixtures of devotion and tenderness, and remaining frailty, and a lively picture of human nature in its contrarieties of passion and reason, its infirmities, and its sufferings.
From Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Bayle, Pierre
On the absurdities and contrarieties to which my star has made me subject.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo
