ironic

adjectives

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"

dry, ironic, ironical, wry

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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"

ironic, ironical

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