Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a paradoxical manner;
- Example: "paradoxically, ice ages seem to occur when the sun gets hotter"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paradoxical \Par`a*dox"ic*al\ (p[a^]r`[.a]*d[o^]ks"[i^]*kal), a.
1. Of the nature of a paradox.
[1913 Webster]
2. Inclined to paradoxes, or to tenets or notions contrary to
received opinions. --Southey.
[1913 Webster] -- Par`a*dox"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Par`a*dox"ic*al*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
paradoxically
adv 1: in a paradoxical manner; "paradoxically, ice ages seem to
occur when the sun gets hotter"