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
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
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
This principle is that, of every two contradictorily opposed predicates, only one can belong to a conception.
From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow
