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Ironic : adj
1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";
"an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry
Scottish wit" [syn: dry, ironical, wry]
2: characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity
between what is expected and what actually is; "madness,
an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"; "it was ironical
that the well-planned scheme failed so completely" [syn: ironical]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ironic : \I*ron"ic\, a.
Ironical. --Sir T. Herbert.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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