inimical
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Inimical, in-im′i-kal, adj. like an enemy, not friendly: contrary: repugnant.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
The Inimical Brothers, and Iphigenia; Athalie, as performed before Louis Quatorze, by the young ladies of St. Cyr, and so on.
From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Inimical as he might be to the sentiments in her heart, there was no disguising the relief his presence gave her or the confidence that radiated from his calm assurance.
From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George
Inimical as the national principle is to the carrying out either of a visionary or a predatory foreign policy in Europe, it does not imply any similar hostility to a certain measure of colonial expansion.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
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