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
What is known is scantily and contradictorily documented, when not purely anecdotal.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2020
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
Lawson says he doesn't want to actually write screenplays; the man whose work seems to come from the same DNA wants, somewhat contradictorily, little to do with its bloodline.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2016
He also began to desire, contradictorily enough, that his brother should know it.
From The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles
