ironical

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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

His sober manner is especially effective in conveying Baker’s ironical description of British condescension to the colonized and deadpan accounts of the romantic entanglements of these unconventional, impossible characters.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2018

“A talent for self-realisation” hints at the language of the “how-to” guide, and yet it’s not overtly ironical.

From The Guardian • Jul. 31, 2017

“Yes, I thought it was wonderful,” he lied and looked away; the sight of her transfigured face was at once an accusation and an ironical reminder of his own separateness.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley