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Paradoxical vs Paradoxically - What's the difference?

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Paradoxically is a related term of paradoxical.


As an adjective paradoxical

is having self-contradictory properties.

As an adverb paradoxically is

in a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.

paradoxical

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having self-contradictory properties.
  • * 1776 , (Adam Smith), , book II, ch 2
    • It is the ambiguity of language only which can make this proposition appear either doubtful or paradoxical . When properly explained and understood, it is almost self-evident.
  • * 1898 , , , Book 2, ch 4
    • It sounds paradoxical , but I am inclined to think that the weakness and insanity of the curate warned me, braced me, and kept me a sane man.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • * 1933 , & Hazel Heald,
    • It was tightly fitted with a cap of the same substance, and bore engraved figurings of an evidently decorative and possibly symbolic nature - conventional designs which seemed to follow a peculiarly alien, paradoxical , and doubtfully describable system of geometry.

    Synonyms

    * (having self-contradictory properties): oxymoronic, self-contradictory

    Antonyms

    * (having self-contradictory properties): self-consistent, self-evident

    Related terms

    * paradox * paradoxicality * paradoxically

    paradoxically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-06, author= Colin Robinson
    • , volume=189, issue=13, page=39, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Put down the pen and give us all a break , passage=Paradoxically , the deluge of writing itself contributes to declining readership. It's not just that if you're writing then you can't be reading. It's also that the sheer volume of what is now available acts as a disincentive to settle down with a single text. The literary equivalent of channel surfing replaces the prolonged concentration required to tackle a book.}}