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.

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Other Word Forms

• nonparadoxically
  adverb
• ultraparadoxically
  adverb
• unparadoxically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of paradoxically

paradoxical ( def. ) + -ly

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Example Sentences

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paradoxically

And she says, paradoxically, the existence of camera-free glasses might help "take the heat" off people who wear camera-enabled glasses in public.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The part of L.A where the city’s vastness, paradoxically, produces pockets of unusual intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Still, the habit is in keeping with the book’s paradoxically optimistic tenor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Its president Marcel Fratzscher predicted a "shock" that would batter growth and paradoxically hit the hardest in regions with the strongest AfD support.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Only one of the veterans I interviewed, David Oshiro, has never been to the Wall, paradoxically because the memorial’s design is so powerful.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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Related Words

• contradictorily
• contrarily

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