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Definition of Paradoxical
1. Adjective. Seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true. "It is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than walking"
Similar to: Incomprehensible, Inexplicable
Derivative terms: Paradox
Definition of Paradoxical
1. a. Of the nature of a paradox.
Definition of Paradoxical
1. Adjective. Having self-contradictory properties. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paradoxical
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Paradoxical
1. Occurring at variance with the normal rule. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paradoxical
Literary usage of Paradoxical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"paradoxical assertions and philosophical problems. Full of delight and recreation
for fill ladies ... At page 24 we find the following paradoxical assertion ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"AT the February, 1906, meeting of the Philadelphia Neurological Society Dr.
FX Dercum presented a communication on the occurrence of the paradoxical reflex ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"In two cases with increased knee-jerks the paradoxical reflex was absent. In one
case with normal knee-jerks the paradoxical was also absent. ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"In two cases with increased knee-jerks the paradoxical reflex was absent. In one
case with normal knee-jerks the paradoxical was also absent. ..."
5. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"A picture of a wagon, with wheels made like the disks of the paradoxical whirligig,
may be made, and the wheels will have all the appearance of revolving ..."
6. Present-day Egypt by Frederic Courtland Penfield (1899)
"CHAPTER IV paradoxical BUT EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION AMONG the nations of the
earth Egypt stands -f*- unique in history, and in unusual and paradoxical ..."
7. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"... but in Sheraton's furniture we arrive at the somewhat paradoxical conclusion
that the more an object is in accordance with his recognised treatment the ..."
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