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Significados de wayward em inglês

Resistant to guidance or discipline.

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Examples for "contrary"
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He said the Government would present a scientific opinion to the contrary.
Radio NZ
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But most of the empirical evidence thus far points to the contrary.
Wired
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Not that debate on this issue should be suppressed, quite the contrary.
The Irish Times
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But political conditions have a tendency of changing unannounced-andcontrary to reason.
Wired
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Quite the contrary, he listened to every word with the greatest concern.
Complete Books of Blood
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In fact, at the time, I thought he was simply being obstinate.
Death at La Fenice
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The contest was obstinate, and terminated in the death of the challenger.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
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She was not wilful; she was not obstinate; she gave him affection.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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Now they thought her obstinate refusal was a result of Scobie's influence.
The new yorker
5
On this issue the dispute in the convention was obstinate and irreconcilable.
The Negro and the Nation / A History of American Slavery and Enf...
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Things are tough. Hazel Blears MP said sanctions led to 'perverse outcomes'.
The Guardian
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In its typical, perverse way, the award went to Klaxons that year.
The Guardian
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It also demonstrates, in a perverse way, real progress in racial equality.
Reuters
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As always with a target, it is likely to create perverse behaviour.
The Guardian
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The Legislature was still stiff-necked and perverse in regard to the system.
Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
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Yes; at this headstrong council; and I have seen him since; alone.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
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A headstrong approach will almost definitely rub others up the wrong way!
The South African
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These details exhibit in the boy the headstrong independence of the man.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
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The headstrong young woman persisted in exhibiting the utmost contempt for her.
The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others
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A month later the headstrong galloper won by 15 lengths at Punchestown.
The Irish Times
Uso de wayward em inglês
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Perhaps the biggest alterations involve the health conditions of the wayward lovers.
Reuters
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And he almost did, despite a wayward drive, and the short approach.
The Guardian
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Homeowner associations typically have the right to place liens against wayward residents.
Reuters
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She was fourteen at this time; altogether exquisite and charming and wayward.
Aladdin O'Brien
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I have been wayward at times; I beg pardon of you all.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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I touched her pulse; it was beating with a wayward, fluttering gentleness.
Basil
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Never before had the soul of the wayward girl been so stirred.
Hope and Have; or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians: A Story for Yo...
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Surely the bishops might now give similar advice to their wayward clergy?
The Irish Times
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Brilliant in so many ways but in the end, like wayward children.
Alien: Covenant
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There was still something homely and wayward and definitely personal about him.
O Pioneers!
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Now Margaret began to grow disturbed; her wayward assurance departed from her.
Fair Margaret
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It's our job to bring the wayward sects back into the fold.
The fifth servant
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The Company now resolved to impose upon the wayward an iron restraint.
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
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I am a wayward shepherd who has left all his flock behind.
Gods go begging
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You need a haircut, she says lightly, yanking a wayward blond tuft.
Those who save us
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His only real contribution to Liverpool's attack had been one wayward cross.
News.com.au
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