semiparadoxical
English
Etymology
semi- + paradoxical
Adjective
semiparadoxical (not comparable)
- Partly or somewhat paradoxical.
- 1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative
- 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
Related terms
- quasiparadoxical