ironical

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Ironical, Romantic When William Fox, cinema magnate, magnifies his business, as he again did last week by the purchase of 356 theatres, he enjoys the luxury of reminiscence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ironical, sad, a spectator, he is nevertheless a writer who exalts rather than dispirits.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert

Ironical pleasure at having been the subject of her pencil I could not indulge myself in expressing, as I did not care to enlighten Little Handsome.

From Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse by Abbot, Anne Wales

Ironical, sad, sweet, joyous, morbid, sour, sane and dreamy, they illustrate what was said of their composer—"his heart is sad, his mind is gay."

From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James

Ironical Bakkus began to hum the old nursery song: Il était une bergère Et ron, ron, ron, petit patapon.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John