contrariety

Example Sentences

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Outside of the room, however, the utmost contrariety of opinion existed.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

What can be the cause of this strange contrariety?

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

What had been done to him, those acquainted with the art of renovation could alone tell; but here was a contrariety without going far to find it.

From Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours by Bunbury, William Henry

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

To hold out against Miss Waterhouse had sometimes been necessary to satisfy that spirit of contrariety which represents the workings of original sin in the best behaved of children.

From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald