oxymoronicallyadv.
/ˌɒksɪmɔːˈrɒnᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈˌɑksəˌmɔˈrɑnək(ə)li/, /ˈˌɑksiˌmɔˈrɑnək(ə)li/ In an oxymoronic manner; incongruously.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adverb] > in an inconsistent manner > in itself
oxymoronically1901
1901 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) I. 270 A little bore, whose oxymoronically belated-premature death we hail..as a merciful release.
1963 R. J. Nelson Corneille iv. 222 Eclatants is one of the key words of this play. In light of the return to the paradoxes of love-as-honor, it is not surprising that it be used oxymoronically.
1992 Sydney Morning Herald 12 Sept. 47/2 Another extract from More Please raises a second question. Will Mr Humphries choose to speak, though necessarily oxymoronically, of Sydney's intellectual life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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