contrarious

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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

I wonder what makes you such a contrarious person, Gibbie Gault?

From Miss Gibbie Gault by Bosher, Kate Langley

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

From Geneva, “the den of mine own ease, the rest of quiet study,” Knox was dragged, “maist contrarious to mine own judgement,” by a summons from Mrs. Bowes. 

From John Knox and the Reformation by Lang, Andrew

The word of God is plain in itself; and if there appear any obscurity in one place, the Holy Ghost, who is never contrarious to Himself, explains the same more clearly in other places.'

From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor