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. 171.2 *contradict = disagree with
- From my earliest youth I realized that my nature was a mass of contradictions.
p. 285.2contradictions = things that disagree with themselves
- But side by side with this went a contradictory trait—a strong sense of justice.
p. 285.9contradictory = conflicting (seeming inconsistent)
Definition:
disagree
in 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."