CONTRADICTORY

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. "Contradictory assertions." South.

2.
a.

Opposing or opposed; repugnant. Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. Addisn.

3.
n.

A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety. It is common with princes to will contradictories. Bacon.

4.
n.

propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.