Paradoxically
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpaɹəˈdɒksɪkli/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Paradoxically is an adverb meaning In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.
Meaning
In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox.
Example Sentences
The proliferation of labor-saving devices has not given us more leisure time, paradoxically.
But Central Point, which had been a visibly mixed-race community since the 19th century, was home to a secret but paradoxically open interracialism.
Paradoxically, the same faculty who complain about busyness are most likely to end up waiting passively. While they acquiescently wait to write, they busy themselves with other, often trivial, activities.
If there exists a non-empty set of uninteresting natural numbers, there must be a smallest uninteresting number, but this number is paradoxically interesting because it is the smallest uninteresting number.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include interestingly, strangely, oddly, surprisingly, curiously, absurdly.
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