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Contradictorily

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Adverb

1. contradictorily

in a contradictory manner

Example Sentences:
'he argued contradictorily'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Contradictorily

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adjective
1. 
inconsistent; incompatible
2. 
given to argument and contention
a contradictory person
3. logic
(of a pair of statements) unable both to be true or both to be false under the same circumstances
Compare contrary (sense 5), subcontrary (sense 1)
noun plural -ries
4. logic
a statement that cannot be true when a given statement is true, or false when it is false

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Contradictorily

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adjective
1. 
involving a contradiction; inconsistent
: also ˌcontraˈdictive
2. 
inclined to contradict or deny
nounWord forms: plural ˌcontraˈdictories
3. 
something that contradicts; an opposite
4.  Logic
either of two proportions so related that only one can be true and, likewise, only one can be false
see also contrary (sense 6)

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Contradictorily

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adj.
1. Involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction: contradictory reports about the vaccine's effectiveness. See Synonyms at opposite.
2. Given to contradicting: The contradictory council members often ended up squabbling.
n. pl. con·tra·dic·to·ries
Logic
Either of two propositions related in such a way that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be false.

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