paradoxical Syllabification: (par·a·dox·i·cal)Pronunciation: /ˌparəˈdäksikəl/Translate paradoxical | into French | into German | into Italian Definition of paradoxical adjective seemingly absurd or self-contradictory:by glorifying the acts of violence they achieve the paradoxical effect of making them trivialDerivatives paradoxically adverb [sentence adverb]:paradoxically, the more fuel a star starts off with, the sooner it runs outparadoxical in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of paradoxical in the British & World English dictionary
