How To Use Contrarily In A Sentence
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I had a sirloin steak, with béarnaise and frites, which they contrarily call chips, and a bit of salad.
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You have an opportunity to demonstrate your power or, contrarily, to bow before the blow that is being struck at you.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
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My heart leaped at the thought of such an approach to sudden riches, which I considered myself, however contrarily to the laws of computation, as having missed by a single chance; and I could not forbear to revolve the consequences which such as bounteous allotment would have produced, if it had happened to me.
The Rambler, sections 171-208 (1751-1752); The Adventurer, sections 34-108 (1753); from The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen Volumes, Volume IV
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He makes certain of it by cultivating his anti-personality with a contrarily grim determination.
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Contrarily speaking, researches on the disgorgement of corporation in the corporate law are of insufficiency, at least not systemic.
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Contrarily, it was the loss of power and influence that freed the ambitious, inventive, intellectual middle class.
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It did seem hard that things should go so very "contrarily" sometimes.
Little Miss Peggy: Only a Nursery Story
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Or, contrarily, are there any contemporary film-makers whom you would single out as people whose attempts to shock have failed?
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This is not a call to crudely act on behalf of self, rather and contrarily, a simple call to step into universal self, saying let's just make love to the process of it all.
Sebastian Siegel: Letting Go to Hold On
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Contrarily, a lack of consistency, or incongruence, between the theoretical principles and the programmatic practices results in a failure of a dual language program to achieve the desired linguistic and academic outcomes.
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He seemed to have grown in this interlude, the serving lad, and the space between altar and nave, contrarily, to have gulfed.
At Swim, Two Boys
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When the financing and organization to put it to this use fell through, the building was sold to private developers who promptly and contrarily converted it into luxury condominiums in 1986.
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Contrarily, loving good food and conviviality can be a liability.
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But just as easily, I can get contrarily inspired by what I see as the mindlessness of trend following.
Judy Silk: The Phuket List or Ten Things I'm Just as Happy to Never do Before I Die
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Other sceptics contrarily deride the megaprojects in Tianjin as Potemkin eco-showcases that mask a broader trend of waste and environmental destruction.
Can the sea solve China's water crisis?
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I'd forgotten what a contrarily bonding and intimate business television in company is.
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He wasn't any sort of fit, but was contrarily successful.
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The troops are overextended and overlooked beyond bumper sticker sloganisms, and their experience contrarily makes them more uncertain and less confident concerning their mission.
Michael Ford: Perspective on War Costs: Is It Worth It?
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To me, contrarily, the tell-tale theme of the Obama story is Empire and the sorrows thereof, going back to family tales of colonial Kenya and Obama's renunciation of "dumb wars" like Iraq.
Christopher Lydon: David Remnick: The "Race" Route over Obama's "Bridge" (AUDIO)
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Upon awaking four days later Hughes contrarily declared himself to be in fine health.
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Contrarily, Western people take objective attitude towards the world and advocate dividedness between man and nature.
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I wanted also, contrarily, to join the services when I was old enough, before I was called up at eighteen, so as to do my bit in the war effort.
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He is theatrical on the box, while contrarily being televisual on stage.
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Contrarily, television is actually having a confident, expansive moment globally.
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He is constantly evolving, contrarily to regular players.
The Sun
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We can labour contrarily; we can't labour contrarily for long.
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Again, contrarily, it's one of his less memorable films.
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Quite contrarily, these films were among the more popular.
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Please proceed as advise in ours 28 th unless hearing contrarily meantime.
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It has been said that today print culture is in decline, but contrarily, the book industry has grown in the late twentieth century.