CONTRADICTORY, adjective 1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; as contradictory assertion. 2. Inconsistent; opposite; contrary; as contradictory schemes. CONTRADICTORY, noun A proposition which denies or opposes another in all its terms; contrariety; inconsistency. It is common with princes to will contradictories.
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