Meaning of contradictious | Babel Free
Definitions
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Filled with contradictions; contradicting; inconsistent. obsolete
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Inclined to contradict or cavil. obsolete
Examples
“The police prosecutor hammered at him and the bench had a go at him, and they commanded from him such a madhouse particularity between the distinctions of looking and seeing that Bradly was reduced to imbecility, and so contradictious were his mutterings that he was openly suspected of trying to shield that wretched tramp, whom Bradly would have gladly seen sunk in the bottomless pit reserved for snoopers.”
“If he had taken a contradictious tone on purpose to draw Mrs. Luna out, he could not have elicited more of the information he desired.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.