contradictious
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Etymology
Origin of contradictious
First recorded in 1595–1605; contradict + -ious
Example Sentences
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Nowadays, of actual persecution there is little, because there is little need; because the repression acts, save with the most independent, original and contradictious tempers, upon thought rather than expression.
From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various
Why, she is never contradictious, never up to tricks of any sort!
From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
If I had said: "Of course he's a spy"—I should have rallied all Harburn's confidence in Holsteig, for he was naturally contradictious.
From Tatterdemalion by Galsworthy, John
It was simply a contradictious action, as there was no warranty for it in vert and venison.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Mr. Gunning, though less contradictious than his wont, was certainly one of the most deliberately unsympathetic men she knew.
From All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches by Somerville, E. Oe. (Edith Oenone)
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