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- noun The state or quality of being
contrarious .
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Examples
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Sissot, there are men enough will tell the tale of hearsay, such as they may win of one and another, and that is like to be full of guile and contrariousness.
In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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"I ain't denyin 'but what she hed nat'ral feelin' fur her own chil'ren, bein 'dead," said the dame who had made the unfortunate remark about the curling hair, "but Laurelia Sudley war always a contrary-minded, lackadaisical kind o 'gal afore she war married, sorter set in opposition, an' now ez she ain't purty like she useter was, through cryin 'her eyes out, an' gittin 'sallow-complected an' bony, I kin notice her contrariousness more.
The Moonshiners At Hoho-Hebee Falls 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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