/
ʌɪˈrɒnɪk/
adj.
- using or characterized by irony.
- happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and causing wry amusement because of this.
Derivative
- ironical adj.
- ironically adv.
Etymology
C17: from Fr. ironique or late L. ironicus, from Gk eirōnikos ‘dissembling’, from eirōneia (see irony1).