satiric
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Kertesz's Paris was like the woman in his picture Satiric Dancer: pert, ironic and caught at a fresh tilt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Satiric broadsides and lyric hotfoots from the dauntless Kinks, who have been dishing out rock-'n'-roll mockery for over a decade and show no sign of letting up or simmering down.
From Time Magazine Archive
Satiric jabs at specific soaps are few and relatively tame.
From Time Magazine Archive
The work which bore this fanciful title of the four winds of the Spirit was divided into four distinct sections—the Book Satiric, the Book Dramatic, the Book Lyric, and the Book Epic.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett
It hath been generally acknowledged, that the Lyric is a more excellent kind of writing than the Satiric; and consequently he who excells in the most excellent species, must undoubtedly be esteemed the greatest poet.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. by Cibber, Theophilus
