most ironical
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Thomas Mann is one of the most ironical of novelists, and his irony persists even when he deals in luminous prose with moral and religious problems.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fate must have been in her most ironical mood to bring us so near in this corner of the world.
From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
This polite drawing-room interest was the most ironical of encouragement for villainy.
From The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Bill found himself the possessor of that most ironical thing, a moneyless title.
From Uneasy Money by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Mr. Snobley," he said, with his chilled and most ironical smile, and his quietest, most courteous voice, "you must learn good manners before you venture to parley with gentlemen.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
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