inconstancy
- a word derived from inconstant.
Example Sentences
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“If I speak diversely of myself, it is because I look diversely upon myself,” he writes, in “On the Inconstancy of Our Actions.”
From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2017
The Lady who pines for the Man whom she treats with so much Impertinence and Inconstancy, is drawn with much Art and Humour.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
As she had imagined the King's Heart to be her Property by right of Prescription, she bitterly reproach'd him for his Inconstancy.
From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de
Too well, and cannot live without her, though I fear I may feel the cursed Effects of the same Inconstancy: However, I had quitted her all to you, but you see how she resents it.
From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague
Inconstancy in the spelling of names was very common in his time.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman
