contradict
verb (used with object)
to assert the contrary or opposite of; deny directly and categorically.
contradictively
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a word derived from
contradict.
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a word derived from
contradictive.
Example Sentences
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Miss Tresham had the two lovers supposed to be the lot of most women––the ineligible one, whom she contradictively preferred, and the eligible one, who adored her in spite of all discouragements.
From A Singer from the Sea by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
