15 adjectives to describe contraries

One other writer deserves mentiona lecturer in history, Bonn Universitybecause he presents an opinion the exact contrary to the one last quoted.

He trusted he should prove that the direct contrary was the truth; though, had he been unable to do this, it would have made no difference as to his own vote.

Why, man, he and I are clean contrary.

William became a little contrary, because everything in the play did not suit him, and declared he would run away.

Thou art bold to affirm that God takes no care for Me, but thou art a deceitful and false corrupt sophister, and thy argument, too, is vain, and full of blasphemies; for thou bindest God's love, mercy, and providence to the having or wanting of bodily provision, which no part of God's Scriptures teach us, but rather the express contrary.

The good thief was calm, but the other was, on the contrary furious, and never ceased cursing and swearing.

This light contraries give to each other in the midst of their enmity, that one makes the other seem more good or ill.

Lady most bright, renowmed goddess fair, Unto thy stately throne here do repair Two suitors of two several qualities, And qualities, indeed, that be mere contraries.

We venture to say, on the contrary, paradoxical as the remark may appear, that no poet has ever had to struggle with more unfavorable circumstances than Milton.

On the one side here is a silly, flint-hearted, evil-minded, sulky old woman, necessary to no oneon the contrary, pernicious to alland who does not know herself why she lives.

The learned are to hold the true doctrine; the unlearned are to be taught its morally beneficial contrary.

He had not hurried the round-upon the contrary he had been guilty of dragging it out unnecessarily by all sorts of delays and leisurely methodssimply because he hated to return to the ranch and be near Flora.

Having liberty from my lord Duke to make choice from among them all, I chose that pinnace before the rest, supposing she would have proved the best, which fell out afterwards cleane contrary.

Consequently, the freedom which is defined as the negation of social duty and obligation is not true regal freedom, but is that worst and basest of all tyrannies, the tyranny of pure egotism, masked in the semblance of its divine contrary.

By this sort of simplicity, which approves of errors, if much practised, and of opposites, or essential contraries, when authorities may be found for them, no work, perhaps, is more strikingly characterized, than the popular School Grammar of W. H. Wells.

15 adjectives to describe  contraries