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paradoxically

American  
[par-uh-dok-sik-lee] / ˌpær əˈdɒk sɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a self-contradictory or seemingly self-contradictory way.

    Paradoxically, the more we know, the more we identify an increasing number of questions to which we as yet have no answers.

Other Word Forms

  • nonparadoxically adverb
  • ultraparadoxically adverb
  • unparadoxically adverb

Etymology

Origin of paradoxically

paradoxical ( def. ) + -ly

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