more ironical
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This pessimism was also hinted at in Monday night’s gala presentation: “Harmony and understanding / Sympathy and trust abounding” never rang more ironical.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2017
Britons had never hated the enemy as they did now, or lived in a more ironical compound of hope & fear.
From Time Magazine Archive
But he hoped to provoke it from these in time, and his own letters grew the more earnest the more ironical hers became.
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by Howells, William Dean
The enthusiasm that had greeted Mr. Bundercombe's efforts was giving place now to murmurs and more ironical cheers.
From An Amiable Charlatan by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
It would be hard to find anything in history more ironical than the educational practices which have identified the "humanities" exclusively with a knowledge of Greek and Latin.
From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John
