paradoxical

paradoxical
    adj 1: seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true;
           "it is paradoxical that standing is more tiring than
           walking" [syn: {paradoxical}, {self-contradictory}]
    

Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*d[o^]ks"[i^]*kal), a.
   1. Of the nature of a paradox.
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   2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to
      received opinions. --Southey.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
      {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n.
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49 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradoxical":
      abnormal, absurd, ambiguous, ambivalent, anomalous, antinomic,
      baffling, barred, bewildering, closed-out, conflicting, confusing,
      contradictory, contrary to reason, disproportionate, enigmatic,
      equivocal, excluded, hopeless, illogical, impossible, improbable,
      incoherent, incommensurable, incommensurate, incompatible,
      incomprehensible, inconceivable, incongruous, inconsequent,
      inconsistent, inconsonant, ironic, irreconcilable,
      logically impossible, mysterious, not possible, out of proportion,
      oxymoronic, perplexing, preposterous, problematic, prohibited,
      puzzling, ridiculous, ruled-out, self-contradictory, unimaginable,
      unthinkable