Definition of Adversety
Ad*ver"si*ty (&?;), n.; pl.
Adversities(&?;). [OE. adversite, F.
adversité, fr. L. adversitas.] 1.
Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble;
suffering; trial.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Parody): A bottomless lake, surrounded by near-sighted friends. - 1904, The Foolish Dictionary
- state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity
- event that is adverse; calamity
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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