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Expressing a meaning different from the literal words, or involving a striking contrast with expectation.

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ironic

Her complaint about wordiness was ironic because it filled six pages.
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The next draft used hyperbole when Nia wrote that the final drumbeat could have shaken every window in the city. Her line about the hour-long queue carried sarcasm: she called the unexplained wait a glorious achievement in hospitality. That praise was ironic because the intended judgment differed sharply from the approving words.
From Editing a Festival Review.
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