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Paradoxical

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Adjective

1. paradoxical, self-contradictory

seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true

Example Sentences:
'it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Paradoxical

see synonyms of paradoxical
adjective
1. 
of, having the nature of, or expressing a paradox or paradoxes
2. 
fond of using paradoxes
3. 
seemingly full of contradictions

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Paradoxical

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n.
1. A statement that seems to contradict itself but may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.
2. A person, thing, or situation that exhibits inexplicable or contradictory aspects: "The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears" (Mary Shelley).
3. A statement that is self-contradictory or logically untenable, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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