ironic

ironic
[[t]aɪrɒ̱nɪk[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED When you make an ironic remark, you say something that you do not mean, as a joke.

At the most solemn moments he will flash a mocking smile or make an ironic remark...

People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school, but they were being ironic.

2) ADJ-GRADED: oft it v-link ADJ that If you say that it is ironic that something should happen, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.

Does he not find it ironic that the sort of people his movie celebrates hardly ever watch this kind of movie?


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