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Meanings of sheer contrariness in English

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Usage of sheer contrariness in English
1
It might be sheer contrariness, but it stuck me as odd.
The Man from the Clouds
2
Morrison went for the stairs, probably out of sheer contrariness, but I followed him anyway.
Coyote dreams
3
You're just pulling the other way from sheer contrariness.
Ted and the Telephone
4
She had had strong childish impulses, sometimes of pure affection, occasionally of sheer contrariness, but always her impulses had been curbed.
A Poor Wise Man
5
If they merely passed a law, they knew that sooner or later some moron would go there out of sheer contrariness.
Turn coat
6
From sheer contrariness he said that Number Eleven would be "all right if he were rode better," and the squatter agreed.
Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
7
"There are always fools, though, who will disregard such a notice just from sheer contrariness."
The Opinions of a Philosopher
8
"There's no particular harm in Netta," protested Gwen, taking up the cudgels for her schoolmate out of sheer contrariness.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
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