Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paradoxical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\, a.
1. Of the nature of a paradox.
2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to
received opinions. --Southey. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly},
adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
paradoxical
adj : seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it
is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than
walking" [syn: {self-contradictory}]
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