Both Uses of "contradict" in "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"

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Both Uses

contradict
in
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
(Edited)

What a contradictory person he was, she thought, hurrying along South Road.
p. 110.7

contradictory = disagreeable
In some contradictory way grief seemed to have etched on Mercy's thin face a beauty it had never possessed.
p. 234.3 *

contradictory = conflicting (seeming inconsistent with what might be expected)

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(1) (contradict)
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."
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)