Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a contradictory manner; so as to contradict, or be self-conflicting.
- Contentiously; with opposition; specifically, upon contest of litigation in opposition, as distinguished from proceeding by default or consent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a contradictory manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
contradictory manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a contradictory manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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They also said (somewhat contradictorily) that LABAs don't mask worsening asthma because patients know if they are getting worse (not that they get worse!)
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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They also said (somewhat contradictorily) that LABAs don't mask worsening asthma because patients know if they are getting worse (not that they get worse!)
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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However I have contradictorily seen all of his movies and especially liked The Education of Charlie Banks (and who can't like Zombieland).
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Our entertainments have become effeminate and puritanical in their perversely and contradictorily sexed-up way.
Archive 2010-03-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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That's one of Leary's great TV gifts: an almost unmatched ability to be simultaneously and contradictorily irresistible and repulsive.
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Somewhat contradictorily, the House then voted down a second resolution that would have cut off funds for certain types of operations against the Libyan regime.
Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Comfort for Gaddafi, Pain for Obama: Is This the Formula We Want? Dr. Charles G. Cogan 2011
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They also said (somewhat contradictorily) that LABAs don't mask worsening asthma because patients know if they are getting worse (not that they get worse!)
Martha Rosenberg: Are You Taking These Asthma Drugs? Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Facts are adjusted or ignored in order to tell a simple story that fits neatly with readers 'pre-conceived notions and fears about China, preferably casting China as a threat or, contradictorily, predicting its imminent collapse.
John Wagner Givens: Beijing Hooters Is Nothing to Hoot About 2010
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Facts are adjusted or ignored in order to tell a simple story that fits neatly with readers 'pre-conceived notions and fears about China, preferably casting China as a threat or, contradictorily, predicting its imminent collapse.
John Wagner Givens: Beijing Hooters Is Nothing to Hoot About 2010
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With its canteen-like space of fewer than 10 tables, the restaurant is located in an alley in the second arrondissement, which is often contradictorily described by foodies either as "a no-man's land" or the "next Marais."
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