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The phrase "almost contradictory" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or statement that appears to conflict with itself but may still hold some truth or validity.
Example: "His explanation was almost contradictory, as he claimed to support the initiative while simultaneously criticizing its implementation."
Alternatives: "nearly conflicting" or "partially opposing".
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Sometimes the two courses seem almost contradictory.
The obsession is almost contradictory, because you start to love the self-hatred a little bit.
The job was never well defined, and its two most important functions are almost contradictory.
Achieving this while at the same time being responsive to fashion – goals that were sometimes almost contradictory – was his great contribution to Krug.
Then you have to read in an almost contradictory way; with one eye alert, one eye lazy, for it to work.
"His playing pulled together two almost contradictory approaches: the floating reverb of surf guitar and the percussive, snapping sound of the tres, the small guitar that's a fulcrum between rhythm and melody in Cuban son groups".
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Talk about contradictory advice.
They present almost comically contradictory portraits.
Their comments were almost completely contradictory.
Sometimes it's almost embarrassingly contradictory, suggesting separate authors or an AWOL editor or both.
Grigoriadis makes limited arguments when she can, but there is almost always contradictory or complicating information — which she also provides.
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