paradoxical
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1. paradoxical - Adjective
2. paradoxical - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of the nature of a paradox.
Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions.
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it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking
And so it would be quaintly paradoxical if it turned out the key to generating our Olympic legacy was to trap us in our own homes with no sport to watch.
A minority of people can have paradoxical reactions such as worsened agitation or panic.
Benzodiazepines are generally viewed as safe and effective for short-term use, although cognitive impairment and paradoxical effects such as aggression or behavioral disinhibition occasionally occur.
Before the outbreak of the deadly virus, Wiles demonstrated the unique and paradoxical ability of being an anti-Semitic political contortionist, blaming “the Jews” for controlling both the political right and the political left.
By 1790 Haydn was in the paradoxical, if not bizarre, position of being Europe's leading composer, but someone who spent his time as a duty-bound Kapellmeister in a remote palace in the Hungarian countryside.