semiparadoxical

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ paradoxical

Adjective

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.

Related terms

• quasiparadoxical