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Webster 1913 Edition

Ironical

I-ron′ic-al

,
Adj.
[LL.
ironicus
, Gr. [GREEK] dissembling: cf. F.
ironique
. See
Irony
.]
1.
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony;
as, an
ironical
remark
.
–
I-ron′ic-al-ly
,
adv.
–
I-ron′ic-al-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ironical

IRON'ICAL

,
Adj.
Expressing one thing and meaning another. An ironical expression is often accompanied with a manner of utterance which indicates that the speaker intends to be understood in a sense directly contrary to that which the words convey.

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