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paradoxical


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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