ADJECTIVE | all | paradoxical, self-contradictory | seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true |
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Sounds | peh.rahdaa'ksihkahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true. | |
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Example | "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking" | |
Synonym | self-contradictory | |
Broader | inexplicable, incomprehensible | incapable of being explained or accounted for |
Spanish | paradójico | |
Catalan | paradoxal | |
Nouns | paradox | (logic) a statement that contradicts itself |
Adverbs | paradoxically | in a paradoxical manner |
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