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Contrariness   /kˈɑntrɛrinəs/   Listen
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Contrariness  n.  State or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Contrariness" Quotes from Famous Books



... or rather he was in love with being in love. But because you want Miss Van Buren, out of pure contrariness he thinks now that he wants her. Beware of her kindness. If you should be deluded by it into proposing, she'd send you about your business, and perhaps accept the other man because she was wretched, and didn't quite realize what was ...
— The Chauffeur and the Chaperon • C. N. Williamson

... supervision of Mrs. Tolhurst, whom Joanna, before setting out for market, had commissioned to "see as she went." Not that Joanna could really bring herself to believe that Ellen was truthful in saying she did not care about the show, but she thought it possible that sheer contrariness ...
— Joanna Godden • Sheila Kaye-Smith

... by nature and inclination one of the upsetting sort; a kind of man who, in all manner of business, have a leaven of contrariness, that makes them very hard to deal with; and he, being conjunct with his majesty's ministers at London, had imbibed and partook of that domineering spirit to which all men are ordained, to be given over whenever they are clothed in the garments of power. Many among us ...
— The Provost • John Galt

... be surprised at the foolishness of men. Sometimes it seems that, just for pure contrariness, they want to marry her that least wants them about. The day I came tramping into this valley, I stopped for food at the ranch of an old bachelor down yonder at the ford. And he invited me to be his wife while I was drinking a glass of water from ...
— The Branding Iron • Katharine Newlin Burt

... you," she said, "any more than I am slipping away from my old self. I don't understand it, Porter. I only know that what you call contrariness is a force within me which I can't control. I wish that I could do the things which you want me to do, I wish I could be what Gordon and Constance and Barry and even Aunt Frances want—but there's something which carries me ...
— Contrary Mary • Temple Bailey


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