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ironical

[ahy-ron-i-kuhl] / aɪˈrɒn ɪ kəl /


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Knight has taken the novel’s Gothic elements and smeared them over whatever was light or comical or ironical in the original.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2023

Katia, birdlike and ironical, kept track of the data and took the still photographs, while Maurice, who resembles a curly-headed lion cub, gave public lectures and wielded the movie camera.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2022

Nine years her senior, he was brimming with the confident, ironical charm bestowed by élite English schools.

From The New Yorker May 13, 2019

“A talent for self-realisation” hints at the language of the “how-to” guide, and yet it’s not overtly ironical.

From The Guardian Jul. 31, 2017

It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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