contradictorily
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
The new film can’t replace that with anything other than a playfully mischievous attitude toward history, as “The King’s Man” makes numerous jabs at colonialism while contradictorily being essentially pro-monarchy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2021
“I never wanted the attention,” she said, somewhat contradictorily.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2018
Industrialization per se was not the goal, and it was to be pursued only to the extent necessary for wellbeing, though, conversely and somewhat contradictorily, the Legion insisted on development of a strong modern army.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2017
It is only in time that it is possible to meet with two contradictorily opposed determinations in one thing, that is, after each other.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
