contrariety

Example Sentences

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Outside of the room, however, the utmost contrariety of opinion existed.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by White, Horace

What had been done to him, those acquainted with the art of renovation could alone tell; but here was a contrariety without going far to find it.

From Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours by Bunbury, William Henry

Where different principles beget a contrariety of conduct, which is the case with all different political principles, the matter may be more easily explained.

From Essays by Hume, David

“And flowing north, too?” said Frank, whose 8 quick mind had seized upon that point of contrariety in Nature.

From The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition by Breckenridge, Gerald

The contrariety is more apparent than real, as the operation consists in the removal of the coarser roots, a process which results in the development of a mass of fine feeding roots.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various