Conveying an opposite meaning to a literal reading |
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Seemingly mocked by fate |
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Like press, half critical and mildly sarcastic (8) |
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Wry tongue-in-cheek |
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Causing wry amusement |
The Times Concise |
21 Sep 2022 |
Humorously twisted |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2022 |
Dry and press one, before short visit |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Aug 2020 |
In a mocking manner |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2019 |
In a mocking manner |
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Prone to sarcasm |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2018 |
Prone to sarcasm |
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Doctor on call dismissing several outsiders, often sarcastic |
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Press dogged by one caller, not half sarcastic |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Aug 2017 |
Press controlling nearly everything? That's wry |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Apr 2017 |
Humorously sarcastic or mocking |
Universal |
17 Feb 2017 |
Incongruous or wry |
Irish Times Simplex |
05 Dec 2016 |
Perversely humorous |
The Times Concise |
06 Oct 2016 |
Wryly amusing |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2016 |
Wryly amusing |
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Club I visit briefly, comic saying the opposite of what is meant |
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Expressing the opposite of what's actually said |
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Full of sarcasm |
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Kind of funny |
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Sardonic: var. |
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Slightly twisted |
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Rabelaisian |
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Not straightforward |
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Sarcastic |
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Mocking |
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Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex" |
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Sarcastic |
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Meaning the contrary |
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Lightly sarcastic. |
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Sarcastic. |
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Wryly humorous. |
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Describing O. Henry denouements. |
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Mocking |
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