Collocations for contradictory - adj.

appear, be, seem, sound

completely
The evidence is completely contradictory.

quite, rather, somewhat
apparently, seemingly
two apparently contradictory opinions

inherently
internally
The argument is internally contradictory (= contradicts itself).

mutually
The evidence demonstrates how easily people can hold mutually contradictory beliefs.

to
He did something contradictory to his orders.

Contradictory is used with these nouns:
belief, demand, emotion, idea, impulse, interest, message, nature, result, signal, tendency