Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ironic
IPA transcription: [aɪɹ'ɑnɪk]
Pronunciations of ironic
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: dry, ironic, ironical, wry
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Affected an ironic incredulity
  • He felt the ironic rebound of her words
  • An impersonal and slightly ironic interest
  • "Savages!" Captain Nemo replied in an ironic tone.
  • "Good-morning, Mr. Myerst," said Breton with cold and ironic politeness.
  • "And could you kindly tell me what everybody knows?" he asked me in a gently ironic tone.
  • At this there was ironic laughter from the Bolshevik benches, and imprecations from the right.
  • An ironic picture came to me of the crowding masses of Quabos stuffed into the protection of the outer cave, waiting the outcome of the fight being waged by their warriors.
  • Only those who stood near to him noted a kindly ironic flicker of a smile in his eyes, as he saw, apparently seeing nothing, the poor little raked-up sorrows of his village of Beethorpe.
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