having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
Medicine/Medical. not being the normal or usual kind: Stimulants are a paradoxical, albeit effective, medication used for certain forms of hyperactivity.
That’s the paradoxical set of conclusions to draw from the BofA Securities’ latest fund manager survey.
The tech-stock bulls are back|Bernhard Warner|September 16, 2020|Fortune
Sorokin has studied another paradoxical phenomenon in vibrating liquids — the fact that bubbles sink to the bottom of the liquid rather than rising to the top.
Toy boats float upside down underneath a layer of levitated liquid|Maria Temming|September 2, 2020|Science News
The fact that healthcare is struggling may seem paradoxical, given the overwhelming need for healthcare services right now.
COVID-19 has altered paid search: How marketers can adjust strategies|Brianna Desmet|May 29, 2020|Search Engine Watch
She would be such a target for conservatives, it may end up having a paradoxical effect on Democrats.
Elizabeth Warren’s Biggest Donors Warn Her Not to Run for President|David Freedlander|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Phelps family, too, manifested a paradoxical blend of intellectual curiosity and abusive behavior-policing.
‘Banished’ Lauren Drain on Growing Up in the Westboro Baptist Church|David Sessions|March 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This is the story of my education and my debt—a paradoxical combination.
Did My Education Cost Too Much?|Jessica Feldman|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Modernism may have been a heady project, but it could never escape the paradoxical longing to become museum classics.
Robert Hughes: A Fierce Critic and Powerful Voice Now Silenced|Simon Schama|August 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This is a paradoxical situation that has little or no modern precedent, which makes it hard for people to accept.
Michael Tomasky on the (Possible) Coming Obama Landslide|Michael Tomasky|August 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The writing is at times too paradoxical, leading to obscurity of thought.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton|Patrick Braybrooke
Paradoxical as this sounds the explanation of it is of the most simple possible character.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882|Various
This paradoxical doctrine, called nominalism, will not bear examination.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method|Henri Poincar
It is, however, as the originator of a variety of paradoxical theories that Hardouin is now best remembered.