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- noun Plural form of
discordancy .
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Examples
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βTo be sure β our discordancies must always arise from my being in the wrong.β
Emma 2004
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Throughout the night rain was incessant; but its torrential tramplings on the resonant, ceilingless roof were not to be detached from the discordancies of wind and wave, save only while breath was held in expectation of whatsoever might happen after the terrifying lull.
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"To be sure -- our discordancies must always arise from my being in the wrong."
Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 2001
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It brought surcease from the background noise of all those lesser psyches that had mumbled and squealed and droned and piped their thin discordancies even when they were not actually reaching out in childish insolence or daring a frontal attack against her very ramparts.
The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981
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There are other minute discordancies between theory and observation in many astronomical phenomena, which theory _is_ competent to remove.
Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence T. Bassnett
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Right from the opening bars of the "Piano Concerto No 2", it's marvellous, Barenboim tackles the discordancies of the opening movement, before delving into the gossamer character of the 3rd movement.
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"To be sure -- our discordancies must always arise from my being in the wrong."
Emma 1815
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"To be sure -- our discordancies must always arise from my being in the wrong."
Emma Jane Austen 1796
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_ was the watchword and inspiration of all three, and dominated their discordancies.
Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Archibald Forbes 1869
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