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Definition of Contrarinesses
1. contrariness [n] - See also: contrariness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contrarinesses
Literary usage of Contrarinesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... I alone of all men attempt to reconcile these inexplicable contrarinesses with
what I know animated each aiul every officer of the rear column, ..."
2. The Incomparable Siddons by Florence Mary Wilson Parsons (1909)
"It should be added that Mrs. Siddons was never once accused of 'artistic*
irritability. Through the contrarinesses of rehearsals, she was always—no small ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1888)
"Life is made up of contrarinesses," said Tapp ; " else why should I have been
left a widower with that rollicking she-baby—that Jacl to bring np. ..."
4. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"When I alone of all men attempt to reconcile these inexplicable contrarinesses
with what I know animated each and every officer of the rear column, ..."
5. Holly and Pizen: And Other Stories by Ruth McEnery Stuart (1899)
"... I 'd bre'k down sometimes wid all de contrarinesses I has to deal wid—" A loud
thumping sound at the door at this point, as if some one wei%e falling ..."
6. In the Choir of Westminister Abbey: A Story of Henry Purcell's Days by Emma Marshall (1897)
"The old lady, Purcell's mother, has taken up her abode there now, and there are
little vexations and contrarinesses which mothers-in-law are clever in ..."
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