dictionary definitions for "ironical"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  ironical
      adj 1: 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]
      2: 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, wry]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ironical \I*ron"ic*al\, a. [LL. ironicus, Gr. ? dissembling: cf.
     F. ironique. See Irony.]
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     1. Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or
        characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
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     2. Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony. --
        I*ron"ic*al*ly, adv. -- I*ron"ic*al*ness, n.
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