All 3 Uses of
contradict
in
The Remains of the Day
- This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles, quite aside from worrying he would become the next focus of the gentlemen's attention, actually thought himself in danger of physical assault.†
Chpt 1e - *contradicted = disagreed
- But Mrs Wakefield contradicted me on this point.†
Chpt 2a -
- In fact, she contradicted me with great confidence.†
Chpt 2a -
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."