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English Dictionary: ironic by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ironic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
    Synonym(s): dry, ironic, 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"
    Synonym(s): ironic, ironical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ironic \I*ron"ic\, a.
      Ironical. --Sir T. Herbert.
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