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Significados de contrary em inglês
Resistant to guidance or discipline.
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Examples for "obstinate"
Examples for "obstinate"
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In fact, at the time, I thought he was simply being obstinate.
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The contest was obstinate, and terminated in the death of the challenger.
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She was not wilful; she was not obstinate; she gave him affection.
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Now they thought her obstinate refusal was a result of Scobie's influence.
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On this issue the dispute in the convention was obstinate and irreconcilable.
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Things are tough. Hazel Blears MP said sanctions led to 'perverse outcomes'.
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In its typical, perverse way, the award went to Klaxons that year.
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It also demonstrates, in a perverse way, real progress in racial equality.
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As always with a target, it is likely to create perverse behaviour.
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The Legislature was still stiff-necked and perverse in regard to the system.
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Perhaps the biggest alterations involve the health conditions of the wayward lovers.
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And he almost did, despite a wayward drive, and the short approach.
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Homeowner associations typically have the right to place liens against wayward residents.
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She was fourteen at this time; altogether exquisite and charming and wayward.
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I have been wayward at times; I beg pardon of you all.
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Yes; at this headstrong council; and I have seen him since; alone.
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A headstrong approach will almost definitely rub others up the wrong way!
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These details exhibit in the boy the headstrong independence of the man.
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The headstrong young woman persisted in exhibiting the utmost contempt for her.
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A month later the headstrong galloper won by 15 lengths at Punchestown.
Uso de contrary em inglês
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He said the Government would present a scientific opinion to the contrary.
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But most of the empirical evidence thus far points to the contrary.
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Not that debate on this issue should be suppressed, quite the contrary.
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But political conditions have a tendency of changing unannounced-andcontrary to reason.
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Quite the contrary, he listened to every word with the greatest concern.
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On the contrary: You should use them to help you keep going.
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On the contrary, it seems the most natural thing in the world.
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On the contrary, pro-Russian forces have grown more aggressive in recent days.
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That's often not the case with you, despite appearances to the contrary.
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After nine years of pulling in contrary ways it feels meaninglessly late.
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On the contrary, he said the technology would enhance the campus experience.
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It is easy, sure, but also confusingly contrary to decades of convention.
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Upon the contrary, I fear it will find its grave in it.
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This would be contrary to the intent of the Good Friday agreement.
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Despite arguments to the contrary, he played rather well in South Africa.
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That runs contrary to the opinion of the associate State Owned… Audio
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