contrarious
Example Sentences
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“I’ve had a weary fortnight on’t, with Master that contrarious, I couldn’t do nought to suit him, and Mistress Hall a-coming day by day to serve him wi’ vinegar and pepper.
From All's Well Alice's Victory by Lewin, M.
I answer, such a Will could not create, could not be God, for it involves the false and contrarious.
From Miracles of Our Lord by MacDonald, George
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 Shakespeare, William
Volumes of report Run with these false and most contrarious quests Upon thy doings!
From John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
The other kind is at best a permanent 'friendship recognised by the police':—a tacit confession of failure which this high-hearted, if contrarious couple were by no means minded to arrive at, now or ever.
From The Great Amulet by Diver, Maud
