Paradoxically

Adverb

In a way that seems contradictory or opposed to common sense but may nonetheless be true.

Pronunciation

Par-a-dox-i-cal-ly

Synonyms

Contradictorily, Inconsistently, Illogically, Confusingly

Antonyms

Consistently, Logically, Clearly, Rationally

Indian Languages

🇮🇳 Hindi → विरोधाभासी रूप से (virodhābhāsī rūp se)

🇮🇳 Bengali → পরস্পরবিরোধীভাবে (porosporbirodhibhabe)

🇮🇳 Tamil → முரண்பாட்டாக (muṟaṇpāṭṭāka)

🇮🇳 Kannada → ಪರಾಕಾಷ್ಠೆಯಾಗಿ (parākāṣṭheyāgi)

🇮🇳 Telugu → విరుద్ధంగా (viruddhaṅgā)

🇮🇳 Urdu → متضاد طور پر (mutazād tor par)

European Languages

🇪🇸 Spanish → Paradójicamente

🇫🇷 French → Paradoxalement

🇩🇪 German → Paradoxerweise

Other Asian Languages

🇨🇳 Chinese → 矛盾地 (máodùn de)

🇯🇵 Japanese → 矛盾的に (mujun-teki ni)

Examples
  1. Paradoxically, the more he tried to impress her, the less she seemed to notice him.
  2. The solution to the problem was, paradoxically, to do nothing at all.
  3. Paradoxically, the more we learn about the universe, the more we realize how little we actually know.