contradictorily
adverb
contradictorily is an adverb meaning “In a contradictory manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-O-R-I-L-Y and has 6 syllables, and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does contradictorily mean?
adverb
- 1
In a contradictory manner
She said not to come over, but then she contradictorily demanded I come get her.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce contradictorily?
Contradictorily has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of contradictorily
- more contradictorily comparative
- most contradictorily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is contradictorily?
Contradictorily appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Contradictorily in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a contradictory manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contradictoirement |
| Portuguese | contraditoriamente |
| Spanish | contradictoriamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does contradictorily come from?
From contradictory + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).