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contrariety
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synonyms: cross-purposes ???
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Definition:1. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.2. Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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The wind blowing steady and gentle from the south, there was no contrariety between that and the current, and the billows rose and fell unbroken.
Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island (1882)
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If you had any real griefs you’d be ashamed to waste a tear on this little contrariety.
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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But Lucilla who now began to fry in the flames of love, all the company being departed to their lodgings, entered into these terms and contrarieties.John Lyly. Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578)
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