Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARADOXICAL

a.Having the nature of a paradox. 1. Inclined to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions; applied to persons.

 

PARADOXICALLY

adv. In a paradoxical manner, or in a manner seemingly absurd.

 

PARADOXICALNESS

n.State of being paradoxical.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARADOXICAL

PARADOXICAL Par `a *dox "ic *al, a.

 

1. Of the nature of a paradox.

 

2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. Southey. -- Par `a *dox "ic *al *ly, adv. -- Par `a *dox "ic *al *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

paradoxical

par a dox i cal |ˌparəˈdäksikəl ˈˌpɛrəˈdɑksəkəl | ▶adjective seemingly absurd or self-contradictory: by glorifying the acts of violence they achieve the paradoxical effect of making them trivial. DERIVATIVES par a dox i cal ly adverb [ sentence adverb ] : paradoxically, the more fuel a star starts off with, the sooner it runs out

 

Oxford Dictionary

paradoxical

para |dox ¦ical |ˌparəˈdɒksɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective seemingly absurd or self-contradictory: by glorifying the acts of violence they achieve the paradoxical effect of making them trivial. DERIVATIVES paradoxically |ˌparəˈdɒksɪkli |adverb [ sentence adverb ] : paradoxically, the more fuel a star starts off with, the sooner it runs out

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

paradoxical

paradoxical adjective I admit it seems paradoxical for a pacifist such as myself to be in favor of this military action: contradictory, self-contradictory, inconsistent, incongruous, anomalous; illogical, puzzling, baffling, incomprehensible, inexplicable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

paradoxical

paradoxical adjective it was paradoxical that a government dedicated to privatization should produce a bill to nationalize the legal profession: contradictory, self-contradictory, inconsistent, incongruous, anomalous, conflicting; improbable, impossible, odd, illogical, confusing, absurd, puzzling, baffling, bewildering, incomprehensible, inexplicable; rare oxymoronic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

paradoxical

par a dox i cal /pæ̀rədɑ́ksɪk (ə )l |-dɔ́k -/形容詞 1 逆説的な ; 逆説の好きな .2 矛盾した .～ly 副詞 〖通例文修飾 〗逆説的に (言えば ).