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What (who) is ironical - definition
AMERICAN CAREER U.S. AIR FORCE OFFICER, FLIGHT SURGEON, PHYSICIAN, AND BIOPHYSICIST
John Paul Stapp; Colonel John Paul Stapp; John P. Stapp; Stapp's ironical paradox; Stapp's Law; Stapp's Ironical Paradox; Stapp, John
.jpg?width=200 "Stapp's brother (right) accepting on his behalf the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers award in 2012")
![Stapp rides the rocket sled at [[Edwards Air Force Base]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rocket sled track.jpg?width=200 "Stapp rides the rocket sled at [[Edwards Air Force Base]]")
ironical
![A "No smoking" sign surrounded by images of a smoking [[Sherlock Holmes]] at [[Baker Street tube station]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Situational irony - Baker Street tube station.jpg?width=200 "A \"No smoking\" sign surrounded by images of a smoking [[Sherlock Holmes]] at [[Baker Street tube station]]")
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
a.
Mocking, full of irony, expressing irony.
ironical
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
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Ironical
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
·adj Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.
II. Ironical ·adj Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
Wikipedia
John Stapp
Colonel John Paul Stapp (July 11, 1910 – November 13, 1999), M.D., Ph.D., was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans. He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as "the fastest man on earth". His work on Project Manhigh pioneered many developments for the US space program.
Examples of use of ironical
1. But this is a quite ironical argument that can convince no one.
2. "Then Menzies Campbell got up, to ironical cheers from the Labour benches.
3. "The result would be more strongly ironical if Coe‘s was not such a very good biography.
4. "I was asking in an ironical way what he stood for.
5. Both were hampered by the House of Lords, although that itself is a highly ironical contrast.