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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. humorously sarcastic or mocking;
- Example: "dry humor"
- Example: "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
- Example: "an ironic novel"
- Example: "an ironical smile"
- Example: "with a wry Scottish wit"
[syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]

2. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is;
- Example: "madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker"
- Example: "it was ironical that the well-planned scheme failed so completely"
[syn: ironic, ironical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ironic \I*ron"ic\, a.
   Ironical. --Sir T. Herbert.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, 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" [syn: ironic,
       ironical]