Definitions please

What does irony mean is it the same as ironic if not can you explain cause I looked up irony and it did not give me a good example but can you tell me what irony means and ironic thanks

Answer #1

Ironic is simply ther adjective from ‘irony - like ‘comfortable’ from ‘comfort’, or ‘angry’ from ‘anger’.

‘Irony’ has to do with something being different from what would have been expected.

‘It is an irony of fate/it is ironic that

… taxes have gone down but people still dislike the government

or Taxes have gone down, but - ironically enough - peopl still dislike the goverment

(THAT WAS A HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE!)

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