gainsay in Finnish
gainsay in Finnish is kiistää — gainsay means to speak against something, or deny that it is true.
gainsay in Finnish
kiistää
(transitive, formal) To say something in contradiction to.
What does "gainsay" mean?
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verb To speak against something, or deny that it is true.
"And there was something childlike about Griffith, too, even in his Matlock days, as a deceptively sharp 'simple country lawyer,' a big-kid boyishness that did not mask his intelligence or gainsay his authority."
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- And there was something childlike about Griffith, too, even in his Matlock days, as a deceptively sharp 'simple country lawyer,' a big-kid boyishness that did not mask his intelligence or gainsay his authority.
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What is "gainsay" in Finnish?
"gainsay" in Finnish is kiistää. gainsay means: To speak against something, or deny that it is true.
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