ironic
Use Ironic in a sentence
ɪk adjective
1.
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.
3.
coincidental; unexpected: It was ironic that I was seated next to my ex-husband at the dinner.
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ironic or ironical (aɪˈrɒnɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| of, characterized by, or using irony | |
| ironical or ironical | |
| —adj | |
| i'ronicalness or ironical | |
| —n | |
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Ironic
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Example sentences
And so it was perhaps fitting that yesterday's event concluded on a wonderfully ironic note.
The radiant tube and the shadow cast by its supporting pan seemed ironic enough to hold alone.
So it would be ironic if the moment had already come and gone, without any fuss, fanfare or felicitation.
It's ironic, though, that this is yet another example where the magazine part of the media business has it all over the book part.
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