contrariety
Example Sentences
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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
Opposition of action; counteraction or contrariety of things or principles. µ We speak of antagonism between two things, to or against a thing, and sometimes with a thing.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
She did know the longing, the discontent, the universal contradiction and contrariety which is involved in that condition of unfulfilment to which so many grey and undeveloped lives are condemned.
From Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations by Alexander, Mrs.
“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
Having a natural contrariety, or constitutional aversion, to a thing; characterized by antipathy; Ð often followed by to.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
