Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a paradoxical manner, or in a manner seemingly absurd or contradictory; in such a way or sense as to involve an apparent contradiction or absurdity.
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- adverb In a
paradoxical manner; so as to create aparadox .
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- adverb in a paradoxical manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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The proof of this, paradoxically, is that nobody can find any proof (or their assets) - such is the alchemic cleverness of our Mr. Big.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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The proof of this, paradoxically, is that nobody can find any proof (or their assets) - such is the alchemic cleverness of our Mr. Big.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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The proof of this, paradoxically, is that nobody can find any proof (or their assets) - such is the alchemic cleverness of our Mr. Big.
Eric Dezenhall: Waiting for Lucky Luciano Eric Dezenhall 2010
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I also happen to say, again paradoxically, that I had tried to draw in my character the only Christ we deserve.
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The best evidence Ms. Kadeer did not instigate the riots paradoxically comes from the Chinese themselves.
China’s Public Enemy 2009
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The intense legal jockeying to determine who will own new scientific knowledge, paradoxically, is preventing scientists from having the freedom to collaborate and generate that knowledge in the first place!
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Collaborative innovation vs innovation-killing IP 2005
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The reason why it matters who sits on the bench, paradoxically, is that the law is only partially, or modestly underdetermined from the standpoint of existing legal norms of practice.
Balkinization 2003
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The reason why it matters who sits on the bench, paradoxically, is that the law is only partially, or modestly underdetermined from the standpoint of existing legal norms of practice.
Balkinization 2003
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You said once that writing in English paradoxically allowed you to connect with Bosnians around the world.
Guernica Magazine 2010
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We hate the area “down there”—and, paradoxically, that is why we often feel so crazed.
Women Food and God Geneen Roth 2010
ezzackly commented on the word paradoxically
In high school my friends and I each picked a word that we would try to use once on every essay. Mine was paradoxically.
May 9, 2009
seanahan commented on the word paradoxically
I did that in college with anthropomorphic.
May 9, 2009