What do you mean by the word “IRONIC”?plss explain with examples?
If something is ironic, it opposes truth with the result being amusing and harmless. Sorry, I couldn’t go deeper than that. Here are some examples: “It’s ironic that Joe, being vegetarian, should hang out at the sushi bar.” “It’s ironic that Julius Caesar should die at the base of Pompey’s statue when he had defeated Pompey’s sons.” “It’s ironic that you should say that you don’t know what that word
1. Characterized by or constituting irony. 2. Given to the use of irony. See Synonyms at sarcastic. 3. Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended: madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker. The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply “coincidental” or “improbable,” in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly. Thus 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of ironically in the sentence In 1969 Susie moved from Ithaca to California where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York. Some Panelists noted that this particular usage might be acceptable if Susie had in fact moved to California in order to find a husband, in which case the story could be taken as exemplifying the folly of supposing that we can know what fate has in store for us. By contrast, 73 percent accepted the sentence Ironically, even as the government was ful
