ironical

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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

“I don’t know if it’s ironical, or a blessing, but I had 20 years of experience being around disabled athletes, so I have an understanding of what’s going on,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2022

Robertson’s raised eyebrows and perpetual half smile gave him an ironical appearance.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 1, 2018

Hobbes is never less than ironical in his attitude to humanity’s appetite for “government”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2017

Our Father takes their ironical and self-interested tone to indicate a lack of genuine grief.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver