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English Dictionary: ironical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ironical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ironical adj 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 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ironical \Iron"ical\, a. [LL. ironicus, Gr. [?] dissembling: cf. F. ironique. See {Irony}.] 1. Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark. 2. Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony. -- {Iron"ically}, adv. -- {Iron"icalness}, n.