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Definitions for paradoxical
para·dox·i·cal
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Princeton's WordNet
paradoxical, self-contradictoryadjective
seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true
"it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking"
Wiktionary
paradoxicaladjective
Having self-contradictory properties.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Paradoxicaladjective
Etymology: from paradox.
What hath been every where opinioned by all men, is more than paradoxical to dispute. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Strange it is, how the curiosity of men, that have been active in the instruction of beasts, among those many paradoxical and unheard-of imitations, should not attempt to make one speak. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
These will seem strange and paradoxical to one that takes a prospect of the world. John Norris.
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paradoxical
Paradoxical refers to something that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality, may express a possible truth. It could be a statement, situation, or concept that defies intuition or conventional wisdom, often leading to a surprising or unexpected conclusion.
Webster Dictionary
Paradoxicaladjective
of the nature of a paradox
Paradoxicaladjective
inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of paradoxical in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of paradoxical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of paradoxical in a Sentence
When one has ended up in a frustrating situation, trapped by paradoxical rules and lost in unsolvable logic puzzles, time comes to break free from a corporeal prison and head for new horizons. ( "Corporeal prison" )
Right now we are in a situation that is both delicate and paradoxical.
However paradoxical it sounds I feel more like me when I play a role.
I call it paradoxical, to put it gently, that the pope said that, when he lives behind walls that are about 40 feet high and 40 feet across, that comment hurt his credibility with my parishioners.
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
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