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[ adjective ] humorously sarcastic or mocking

Synonyms

ironical wry dry

Examples

"dry humor" "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely" "an ironic novel" "an ironical smile" "with a wry Scottish wit"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

It is truly odd and ironic that the most handsome and impressive film yet made from Miguel_de_Cervantes ' `` Don_Quixote '' is the brilliant Russian spectacle , done in wide_screen and color , which opened yesterday at the Fifty-fifth_Street and Sixty-eighth_Street_Playhouses .

Related terms

humorous

2
[ adjective ] characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is

Synonyms

ironical

Examples

"madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker" "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"

Related terms

incongruous

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