Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ironic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ironic \I*ron"ic\, a.
Ironical. --Sir T. Herbert.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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