Example Sentences

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"She won't even do that," the old lady declared contradictiously.

From The Chaperon by James, Henry

"Do you think she can have grown that much in four weeks?" asks he, not contradictiously, but a little doubtfully, as Don Quixote may have asked the Princess Micomicona her reasons for landing at Ossime.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

"I am not Indian, you know; I was only quartered in India for a few years," returned Ormonde, contradictiously.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.