[ adv ] in a paradoxical manner <adv.all> paradoxically, ice ages seem to occur when the sun gets hotter
Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*d[o^]ks"[i^]*kal), a. 1. Of the nature of a paradox.
2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to received opinions. --Southey. ※ -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness}, n.
The relief was extended in March to include all full-time officers and employees who hold the minimum number of shares. 'Although known as retirement relief, paradoxically it does not require retirement,' says Battersby.
When the virus is most active it triggers no AIDS symptoms, whereas when AIDS symptoms arise, the virus is, paradoxically, inactive.
Here paradoxically is Lear at the Court without the court, an experience unlikely to be repeated.
In fact, although Reinhardt is in many ways the purist's purist, I think this show will paradoxically appeal to people who have no particular interest in either purism or abstract painting.
While Socialist Party leaders were clearly disappointed last night at failing to win the expected absolute majority, the result paradoxically could be the best possible one for Mr. Mitterrand.
Limited companies must pay for expensive annual statutory audits - paradoxically conducted until now by secretive partnerships of auditors who shrink from public disclosures.
One sign it may soon peter out, he says, is that "we've run through this 30-point range (near 2900 on the Dow industrials) two or three times." The sharp upward slope of stock prices is paradoxically a sign of weakness, in Mr. Arms's view.
Their experience has generally left them not only with an alert sense of caution but also, somewhat paradoxically, with a certain measure of equanimity.
So I say no to multi-partyism but yes to democracy.' Yet, paradoxically, a multi-party movement may be the result of the president's own democratisation measures.
Updike first fired Baker's literary ambitions; yet now, paradoxically, his example often intimidates him into silence.
But many medical people argue that, paradoxically, medical progress itself contributes to "adverse medical outcomes."
There, they meet their shared fate in an accident that, paradoxically, seems inevitable given the tragic momentum of the play.
Usually, only banks, which manage their risks on a continuous basis, take on that sort of exposure. But paradoxically, the recent turmoil in the foreign exchange market could encourage some companies to take greater risks.
The report said the strategy was made possible by the drop in oil prices that paradoxically followed the start of the Persian Gulf war.
Emerging Asian economies account for the bulk of growth projected for Australian mining products this decade. The second, perhaps paradoxically, is the corrective effect of the world commodity price slump on the value of the Australian currency.