contradictory
adjective
asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite.
contradictorily
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a word derived from
contradictory.
Example Sentences
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Punitive damages are meant to sting, Tobias said, so juries tend to award sums proportionate to the defendant’s finances despite many states contradictorily having caps on such awards.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
My protagonist needed to be engaged in work that is contradictorily appreciated only when it is invisible.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
“I never wanted the attention,” she said, somewhat contradictorily.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2018
Lawson says he doesn't want to actually write screenplays; the man whose work seems to come from the same DNA wants, somewhat contradictorily, little to do with its bloodline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2016
The only other tragedy of Shakespeare which he saw in its authentic purity moved him, contradictorily, to transports of unqualified delight.
From Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays by Sir Sidney Lee
