contrarious
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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
Part of his wish to wash his hands of life arose from his perception of its contrarious inconsistencies—of Nature's jaunty readiness to support unorthodox social principles.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas
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 Stevenson, Robert Louis
So when they were in the sea a contrarious wind blew them on the coasts of North Wales, nigh the Castle Perilous.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
And what greater absurditie can there bee, then to say that one cure shall serue for diuers, nay, contrarious sortes of diseases?
From A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco by Goldsmid, Edmund
