Paradoxical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*d[o^]ks"[i^]*kal), a.
     1. Of the nature of a paradox.
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     2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to
        received opinions. --Southey.


        [1913 Webster] -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
        {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paradoxical
       adj : seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true; "it
             is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than
             walking" [syn: {self-contradictory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradoxical":
     abnormal, absurd, ambiguous, ambivalent, anomalous, antinomic,
     baffling, barred, bewildering, closed-out, conflicting, confusing,
     contradictory, contrary to reason, disproportionate, enigmatic,
     equivocal, excluded, hopeless, illogical, impossible, improbable,
     incoherent, incommensurable, incommensurate, incompatible,
     incomprehensible, inconceivable, incongruous, inconsequent,
     inconsistent, inconsonant, ironic, irreconcilable,
     logically impossible, mysterious, not possible, out of proportion,
     oxymoronic, perplexing, preposterous, problematic, prohibited,
     puzzling, ridiculous, ruled-out, self-contradictory, unimaginable,
     unthinkable