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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost paradoxically" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or statement that seems contradictory or counterintuitive, yet holds some truth.
Example: "The results of the study were almost paradoxically positive, despite the initial concerns about the methodology."
Alternatives: "seemingly contradictory" or "ironically".
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Poverty, almost paradoxically, gave her a voice.
Yes, almost paradoxically, temp work provided John with the stability he craved.
And each anonymous black man holds up a white sign that says, almost paradoxically, "I am a man".
But that approach disturbs many surviving relatives, who object -- almost paradoxically -- both to the randomness of the arrangement and to its imposition of a hierarchy among the dead.
Almost paradoxically, too, Aristotle ends the Nicomachean Ethics by suggesting that the best life is the "contemplative" one, a strange conclusion for a book devoted to a life of human activity, often emphasizing its interpersonal and social dimensions.
YOU might be surprised by the number of globetrotting fashion-industry professionals who, almost paradoxically, suffer from profound phobias of airplanes — among them Hedi Slimane, the former men's-wear designer for Dior, and Alexandra Shulman, who once said she had not flown for a decade before she was the editor of British Vogue.
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It is such a gigantic scandal that we have, paradoxically, almost forgotten about it.
Paradoxically, almost despite himself, Messiaen creates whole spans of poignant and compelling operatic drama.
Paradoxically, almost all the women are shown in states of repose that reveal nothing of their capabilities.
In Franklin's case, the pain and heartbreak were transmuted into song, sometimes expressed with an almost casual, but paradoxically powerful, delivery that belied the traumas of her life.
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