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Ironical

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pretending ignorance; simulating lack of instruction of knowledge. See irony, 1.
  • Hence Conveying or consisting of covert sarcasm; sarcastic under a serious or friendly pretense: as, an ironical compliment.
  • Addicted to irony; using disguised sarcasm: as, an ironical speaker.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony.
  • adjective. Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
  • adjective. Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
  • adjective. Feigning ignorance; simulating lack of instruction or knowledge; exhibiting Socratic irony.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. humorously sarcastic or mocking
  • adjective. characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
    • Word Usage
    "Certainly ironical is the attempt to. bring in Biblical typology when Adrian, Clara, and Verney set sail for Greece."
    Equivalent
    humorous  humourous  incongruous  
    Form
    ironically  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    chronicle  conical  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apologetic  caustic  derisive  disapprove  disdainful  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dissembling  sarcastic  
    verb-stem
    iron  
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