Something that's ironical is wryly funny, especially because it doesn't match up with your expectations. It would be ironical to name your enormous Great Dane "Tiny."
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony;
Adjective S.
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"
Adjective S.
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"
a.
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or
characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
a.
Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.
Ironical
Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony;
Usage Examples
At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.
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Other Usage ExamplesAny nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.
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