contrarious
Example Sentences
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O place and greatness, millions of false eyes Are stuck upon thee! volumes of report Run with these false, and most contrarious quest Upon thy doings!
From Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
The Gaelic man had no sooner entered the Kirk o' the General Assembly," they said, "than the maister of the Assembly rose, and, speaking very rough, said, 'Ye contrarious rascal, what tak's you here?
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
I wonder what makes you such a contrarious person, Gibbie Gault?
From Miss Gibbie Gault by Kate Langley Bosher
The word of God is plain in itself; and if there appear any obscurity in one place, the Holy Ghost, who is never contrarious to Himself, explains the same more clearly in other places.'
From John Knox by A. Taylor Innes
It was the son who sang the “Death of Nelson” under such contrarious circumstances.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
