逆ぎゃく説せつ的てき

na-adjective

paradoxical

Describes a statement, situation, or idea that seems contradictory but may contain truth.

• 彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうは逆ぎゃく説せつ的てきに聞きこえるが、よく考かんがえると正ただしい。

  His argument sounds paradoxical, but when you think about it, it's correct.

• 「急いそがば回まわれ」は逆ぎゃく説せつ的てきなことわざだ。

  'More haste, less speed' is a paradoxical proverb.