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
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
Yet, very contradictorily and very humanly, the moment she was in her room she began preparing her toilet for that evening at Lebrun's.
From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max
