All 3 Uses of
contradict
in
And Then There Were None
- He can swear the body's been dead at least an hour and who's to contradict him?
p. 154..9 *contradict = disagree with
- From my earliest youth I realized that my nature was a mass of contradictions.
p. 261..2contradictions = things that disagree with themselves
- I remember experiments with wasps-with various garden pest.... From an early age I knew very strongly the lust to kill. But side by side with this went a contradictory trait-a strong sense of justice.
p. 261..9contradictory = in disagreement
Definition:
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(contradict) disagreein various senses, including:
- to say something is not true -- as in "She contradicted his testimony."
- to say something else is true when both can't be true -- as in "I don't believe her. She contradicted herself as she told us what happened."
- to be in conflict with -- as in "Her assertions contradict accepted scientific principles."