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oxymoronically

oxymoronically adverb: in an oxymoronic manner.

Adverb

oxymoronically (comparative more oxymoronically, superlative most oxymoronically)

  1. In an oxymoronic manner.
    • Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 486
  2. With regard to, or using oxymorons.

Forms of oxymoronically

comparativemore oxymoronically
superlativemost oxymoronically

Origin of oxymoronically

From oxymoronic + -ally.

Questions about oxymoronically

What does oxymoronically mean?
Oxymoronically means in an oxymoronic manner.
What part of speech is oxymoronically?
Oxymoronically is an adverb.

Words near oxymoronically in the dictionary

  1. oxymonad
  2. oxymonads
  3. oxymora
  4. oxymoron
  5. oxymoronic
  6. oxymoronically
  7. oxymoronicity
  8. oxymoronicness
  9. oxymorons
  10. oxymorous
  11. oxymorphine

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