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semiparadoxical

semiparadoxical adjective: partly or somewhat paradoxical.

Adjective

semiparadoxical (not comparable)

  1. Partly or somewhat paradoxical.
    • The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth.1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative

Origin of semiparadoxical

From semi- + paradoxical.

Questions about semiparadoxical

What does semiparadoxical mean?
Semiparadoxical means partly or somewhat paradoxical.
What part of speech is semiparadoxical?
Semiparadoxical is an adjective.

Words near semiparadoxical in the dictionary

  1. semipapillate
  2. semiparabola
  3. semiparabolae
  4. semiparabolas
  5. semiparabolic
  6. semiparadoxical
  7. semiparalysis
  8. semiparalyzed
  9. semiparametric
  10. semiparasite
  11. semiparasites

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