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Show LEARN A WORD j EVERYDAY . . Today!a word la ironic. Its pronounced i-ron-ic. with ac-j ; cent on the second syllable. It means characterized by a kind, of humor or light sarcasm which adopt! a mode of speech Implying, the opposite of the literal sense of; the words. The distinguished qua!-l Ity of irony." says an eminent au-i thorlty. ' Is that the meaning intend-; ed is contrary to that seemingly ex-, pressed; one says one thing and means ; the opposite " It comes from Latin "ironlo," ! meaning "a dissimulation or conccul-J inent of real facts." It's used like this 'To the persona per-sona who have criticised him for his efforts to keep down coal prices, despite de-spite the strike Secretary of Com-merce Com-merce Htoovsr has returned tin Ironic answer." |