"cross purposes" meaning in All languages combined

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          "text": "\"Well,\" continued Lavinia, \"life is just like a comedy, only it does not end so pleasantly; but it has just as many cross purposes. Here I am in love with you, who care only for Miss Churchill; she, again, loves Mr. Courtenaye, and he loves only himself, as far as I can make out.\"",
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