ironical

How To Use ironical In A Sentence

• The scene near the Chennai Kaliappa Hospital, on Tuesday was supremely ironical, and drew sharp reactions from tree lovers who were passing by.
• Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? — Clarissa Harlowe
• Ironically this was in a whinge about grammar schools. Times, Sunday Times
• You, young man,” she proceeded, addressing Roland Graeme, and at once softening the ironical sharpness of her manner into good-humoured raillery, “you, who are all our male attendance, from our Lord High Chamberlain down to our least galopin, follow us to prepare our court.” The Abbot
• Ironically, the fire was the indirect result of a new environmental consciousness. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
• LIZZIE: ( ironically ) With five thousand a year, would not matter if he warts and a leer.
• Ironically, this doesn't involve her first lover but instead, her best friend, the girl with whom she chose to make the all-important journey into adulthood with. Kate Monro: The Devastatingly Short Virginity Loss Story
• Ironically, despite a global reversal in the world's financial fortunes, the ultrarich continue to grow (grotesquely) richer. Times, Sunday Times
• The last time I'd been in Hoch, ironically enough, we had dropped acid and gone to a showing of Fantasia.
• Ironically enough, debate continues over the division of labor and the artist responsible for the design of the central panel.