semiparadoxical

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English

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ paradoxical.

Adjective

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semiparadoxical (not comparable)

  1. 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.
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