negatory
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Commissioners arch their eyebrows, with negatory sniff: who is this young gentleman with more wit than we all?
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Finally, on Friday the 15th of July 1791, the National Assembly decides; in what negatory manner we know.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
I sometimes dream of a better world, where pipe, pouch, and matches all keep together instead of being mutually negatory.
From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Dane made a negatory gesture, but Ormond anticipated his answer.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
It is impossible to imagine nature providing penalties for violation of her laws, and then furnishing remedies to make those penalties negatory.
From The Royal Road to Health by Charles Alfred Tyrrell
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