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.
2 It seems that the artistic personality has a certain contrariness to it.
3 Nevertheless the British soldiers, with characteristic contrariness , declared their preference for it.
4 Jack ran away of his own free-will, and out of downright contrariness .
5 There is at least as much contrariness in your character as in mine.
1 Except it normally takes a bit longer before the grumpiness starts.
2 At any rate I had discovered the cause of his grumpiness .
3 You'll have to excuse me for all that creeping and thumping and grumpiness .
4 Instead, we are increasingly subjected to bouts of grumpiness , ill-humour and downright rudeness.
5 Not surprisingly, the Duchess's grumpiness became legendary, as Voltaire has so ably chronicled.
1 On the subject of crankiness , I've observed acute examples in unexpected places.
2 But this crankiness had nothing to do with funky tasting tap water.
3 Anyway, the Warshawski Agency is famous for the crankiness of its operatives.
4 Ryanair crankiness : is there anything else that unites so much as a nation?
5 She did not really have emotions, unless you count overwhelming crankiness .
6 Despite her occasional crankiness , Esther really had blossomed as a barista.
7 You have a deal too much sense to harbor any crazy spiritual crankiness .
8 It's worse than simple crankiness - the poor old chap is getting almost--
9 When it comes to plumbing, for example, crankiness is fine: gurgling can add character.
10 My musicians weren't bothered; they were used to Viridius, whose crankiness knew no limits.
11 Said Mildred with a faint sneer, "That sounds like Mr. Keith's crankiness . "
12 The test of " crankiness , " then, lies in the adequacy of the advantage reaped.
13 Besides, I like to think that my colleagues find my iconoclastic crankiness kind of endearing.
14 He belonged to C Company, and was a man subject to occasional fits of crankiness .
15 Wracked and riddled with the crankiness this morning.
16 And when crankiness was just around the corner.
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