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Word entry · 13 letters

paradoxically

Best crossword clue

"Oddly enough"

13 letters · collected on this word page

13 lettersPronunciation /ˌpaɹəˈdɒksɪkli/Part of speech adverbSorted aaacdilloprxyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in a paradoxical manner

Word origin

From paradoxical + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • The proliferation of labor-saving devices has not given us more leisure time, paradoxically.
  • If there exists a non-empty set of uninteresting natural numbers, there must be a smallest uninteresting number, but this number is paradoxically interesting because it is the smallest uninteresting number.
  • Paradoxically, the same faculty who complain about busyness are most likely to end up waiting passively. While they acquiescently wait to write, they busy themselves with other, often trivial, activities.

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