inimical

• But whether indeed, in times of heat and faction, the most temperate spirits may sometimes chance to take delight in one that is spightful, and make some use of him; or whether it be that even the most grave and serious persons do for relaxation divert themselves willingly by whiles with a creature that is unlucky, inimical, and gamesome,—so it was. —  Andrew Marvell
• For the advance of our distinctive principles,--inimical, we own, to your system of slave labor,--we look only to the gradual conversion of individual opinion, and to the ultimate acceptance by your own people of the principles of universal liberty. —  The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
• As Aileen held the drinking tube to her lips, she noticed that the faded sunken eyes, fixed upon her intently, were not inimical--and she was thankful. —  Flamsted quarries
• It had not seemed impossible that ere the day should dawn they might be far away in those impenetrable forests where one may journey many a league, meeting naught more inimical or speculative than bear or deer. —  Who Crosses Storm Mountain? 1911
• Mr Smith--the old gentleman--was as usual sitting on the skylight near her head, brooding over the long chair but by no means inimical, as far as his unreadable face went, to those conversations of the two youngest people on board. —  Chance A Tale in Two Parts

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