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adjectivecharacterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
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adjectivehumorously sarcastic or mocking
Examples of ironic
- "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"
- "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
- "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
- "an ironic novel"
- "an ironical smile"