Jack ran away of his own free-will, and out of downright contrariness.
Once this would have thrilled me—only last Spring! but now the contrariness in me made me say that it was absolutely necessary that I returned immediately to Versailles.
Progress is always hampered by sluggish stupidity and contrariness.
The innate contrariness of things seemed to be blocking all his plans.
This is certainly another instance of the contrariness of Fate.
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However, in this case, there is a strangecontrarinessin the so-called formula.
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This was not in a spirit of merecontrariness.
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She's funny from line to line, but there is little to her besides tin-potcontrariness.
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Throughout her life she exhibits stubbornness andcontrariness, generally doing whatever the people who love her "don't" want her to do.
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Saunders had a reputation for brilliance,contrariness, and eccentricity.
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