Certainly ironical is the attempt to. bring in Biblical typology when Adrian, Clara, and Verney set sail for Greece. From Wordnik.com. [Paley, "Apocalypse Without Millenium" Part 2] Reference
That is what you might call ironical, is it not, sir?. From Wordnik.com. [Best Detective Stories]
Used in ironical sense. que ya ya. From Wordnik.com. [Ya no hay] Reference
He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Master-Christian] Reference
The Facebook homage is kind of ironical because Joe didn't really have a clearly defined political agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
They called him Eagle in a kind of ironical contempt, and it cut him more than anything else that they said. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Slade on Mystery Trail] Reference
The men replied with a burst of ironical laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
He gave me an ironical smile and made for the door. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And then she delivered another ironical discourse against the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
"Is it not so?" said the other, with a sort of ironical pride. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"All fair people are like that," he affirmed with ironical gayety. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Let him talk," said the young magistrate, with an ironical smile. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His heavy lips moved into an ironical comment on his own thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
Omega's name had been conferred on him by an ironical whim of fate. From Wordnik.com. [Omega, the Man] Reference
Amidst a parting ironical cheer the Writer hastily seized the worthy. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
The party which, under the ironical designation of the National Union. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Nicholas's voice had followed close upon the words, politely ironical. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
"Really, have you divined as much?" he replied, with an ironical smile. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her lashes drooped; in her gaze shone once more the ironical amusement. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Kingsley himself, Kingsley with his ironical ways and lilting eye-glasses. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Nobody thinks of coughing them down, or swamping them with ironical cheers. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
This young man, ironical with all the rest of the world, was serious with her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then he adjusted them with a peculiar lilt -- it was his way of being ironical. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Is there not therefore something half-ironical in our Saviour's use of the word?. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
"Very good so far," interposed Mr Stormcock again at this point, in an ironical tone. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
"Do you require me to show my papers?" he inquired, in a haughty, ironical tone of voice. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then, suddenly lifting his eyes, and with an ironical smile playing on his lips, he added. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She looked at the pair for a moment in silence, and then burst into a loud, ironical laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
"That speaks well for your abolition friends," was the ironical retort of another bystander. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
"You are a cool 'and, and no mistake," she whispered shakily, an ironical gleam flickering in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
It is, indeed, his 'chef-d'oeuvre', very delicate, earnest, and at the same time ironical, a most entrancing family story. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The ironical voice broke sharply into the midst of her fugitive thoughts, and Sara jumped violently, flushing scarlet as she found. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The Lord Mayor prepared to climb down, looking somewhat crestfallen, whilst the unsympathetic crowd uttered a faint, ironical cheer. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
"You might ask Monsieur de Gerfaut; he wishes to please you too much to refuse to tell you," said Clemence, with an almost ironical smile. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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