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ironical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ironic |
| Derivation | irony |
it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely.
Examples of ironical
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The ironical texts of Kurt Feltz or Hans Bradtke often commented current events.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The lamp looks rich to make your home chic, or you can use it in an ironical way.
From the nytimes.com
It's ironical, but the day nobody copies our product, it will be a bigger problem.
From the forbes.com
Finally, even in the best of times, we Italians are not a particularly ironical people.
From the economist.com
Which, given that he's blonde, might be illegal, or at least ironical.
From the guardian.co.uk
We are blissfully and disturbing immured in its knowing, ironical grasp.
From the guardian.co.uk
I cannot imagine the ironical Jesus taking umbrage at anything in this account of His life.
From the telegraph.co.uk
My phraseology is elliptically ironical, as you should understand.
From the independent.co.uk
It is a tragical, comical, ironical Broadway-hit-show of a life.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Ironic: characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
- Dry: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
- Irony (from Ancient Greek u03B5u1F30u03C1u03C9u03BDu03B5u03AFu03B1 (eiru014Dneu00EDa), meaning "dissimulation, feigned ignorance"), in its broadest sense, is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or event in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case. Irony may be divided into categories such as verbal, dramatic, and situational.
- Addicted to irony; using disguised sarcasm; Feigning ignorance; simulating lack of instruction or knowledge (also known as Socratic Irony)
- The act or state of being ironic
