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oxymoronically

adv

Etymology

From oxymoronic + -ally.

  1. derived from ὀξύμωρος
  2. borrowed from oxymōrum
  3. suffixed as oxymoronic — “oxymoron + ic”
  4. suffixed as oxymoronically — “oxymoronic + ally”

Definitions

  1. In an oxymoronic manner.

    • Rushdie oxymoronically notes that Hobson-Jobson ‘can be wonderfully imprecise at times’ (1985: 82).

  2. With regard to, or using oxymorons.

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