averseness
Example Sentences
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Since Vietnam all media organizations had imbibed the conventional wisdom about the public’s apparent averseness to casualties.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2014
But notwithstanding the averseness of the intended bridegroom, the project was not at once renounced; and Rupert's last letter to Sophie, written shortly before his death, contained definite proposals on the subject.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott
The truth is, the archbishop's own stiffness and averseness to comply with the court designs, advantaged his adversaries against him.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
With all her averseness to speech and her vacuous, fishy stare, the girl had long since learned that Big Lena was both loyal and efficient and shrewd.
From The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
And as for earnest longing, that we should altogether avoid it: and to use averseness in those things only, that wholly depend of our own wills.
From Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
