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Significados de crotchetiness em inglês

A fussy and eccentric disposition.

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        Examples for "contrariness"
        Examples for "contrariness"
        1
        The innate contrariness of things seemed to be blocking all his plans.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 / Little J...
        2
        It seems that the artistic personality has a certain contrariness to it.
        Corduroy mansions
        3
        Nevertheless the British soldiers, with characteristic contrariness, declared their preference for it.
        The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
        4
        Jack ran away of his own free-will, and out of downright contrariness.
        Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
        5
        There is at least as much contrariness in your character as in mine.
        Jonathan strange and mr norrell
        1
        Except it normally takes a bit longer before the grumpiness starts.
        The Guardian
        2
        At any rate I had discovered the cause of his grumpiness.
        Jaffery
        3
        You'll have to excuse me for all that creeping and thumping and grumpiness.
        James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
        4
        Instead, we are increasingly subjected to bouts of grumpiness, ill-humour and downright rudeness.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Not surprisingly, the Duchess's grumpiness became legendary, as Voltaire has so ably chronicled.
        The Princess Bride
        1
        On the subject of crankiness, I've observed acute examples in unexpected places.
        The Irish Times
        2
        But this crankiness had nothing to do with funky tasting tap water.
        News.com.au
        3
        Anyway, the Warshawski Agency is famous for the crankiness of its operatives.
        Body work
        4
        Ryanair crankiness: is there anything else that unites so much as a nation?
        The Irish Times
        5
        She did not really have emotions, unless you count overwhelming crankiness.
        Dexter’s Final Cut