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Mariana [72]
2 years ago
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What does ironic mean

English
2 answers:
leva [86]2 years ago
5 0

Explanation:

If something is ironic it's unexpected, often in an amusing way. If you're the world chess champion, it would be pretty ironic if you lost a match to someone who just learned to play yesterday. Ironic is the adjective for the noun irony. In contemporary speech, when we call something ironic, we often mean sarcastic.

kenny6666 [7]2 years ago
5 0

Explanation:

If something is ironic it's unexpected, often in an amusing way. For example, you're the world chess champion, it would be pretty ironic if you lost a match to someone who just learned to play yesterday. Ironic is the adjective for the noun irony. In contemporary speech, when we call something ironic, we often mean sarcastic.

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