more ironical
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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
Britons had never hated the enemy as they did now, or lived in a more ironical compound of hope & fear.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“What's the matter?” he went on; but the surprise in his face gradually passed into a smile that became more and more ironical.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
The mysterious countenance appeared endowed with thought, and the malign smile seemed still more ironical than before.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore
On the other hand, it is more ironical than any other extant Greek play.
From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert