ironical
Example Sentences
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Knight has taken the novel’s Gothic elements and smeared them over whatever was light or comical or ironical in the original.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
“I don’t know if it’s ironical, or a blessing, but I had 20 years of experience being around disabled athletes, so I have an understanding of what’s going on,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2022
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
It was, Notaro recalls in a deadpan voice that hovers between ironical understatement and embarrassment about all the drama, “a pretty crazy time”.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2016
It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
