"ironic" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

ironic adjetivo

ironic + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 67
ironic twist • ironic smile • ironic tone • ironic humor • ironic comment • ...
adverbio + ironic
Kolokacji: 24
somewhat ironic • particularly ironic • slightly ironic • most ironic • bitterly ironic • ...
1. somewhat ironic = nieco ironiczny somewhat ironic
2. slightly ironic = trochę ironiczny slightly ironic
3. heavily ironic = bardzo ironiczny heavily ironic
4. highly ironic = bardzo ironiczny highly ironic
5. pretty ironic = całkiem ironiczny pretty ironic
6. gently ironic = łagodnie ironiczny gently ironic
7. mildly ironic = łagodnie ironiczny mildly ironic
  • The complaints are mildly ironic given the history of some of these branding campaigns.
  • It would be mildly ironic to find the tactic backfires.
  • He had asked in a mildly ironic but quite sympathetic manner: 'Where did you get the idea?
  • It is sentiments like this that make even mildly ironic people wince.
  • He found it mildly ironic that the keen-eared centurion had shown no sign as yet of having noticed it.
  • Briefly his mouth quirked, his expression mildly ironic; he still seemed preoccupied though, only half attending to what she said.
  • He has a skeptically friendly, mildly ironic conversational manner and a droll, filigreed prose style.
  • The stereotypical poem of the time was determined not to risk too much: politely domestic in its subject matter, understated and mildly ironic in style.
  • Hardy's amiable, mildly ironic portrait of rural town life in the middle of the nineteenth century is perhaps the strongest aspect of the work.
  • In general, such artists operate without government interference, given that their swipes at officialdom are mildly ironic or oblique.
(2) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
(3) most, wonderfully, truly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) nicely, deliciously
Kolokacji: 2
(6) intentionally, deliberately
Kolokacji: 2
ironic + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
ironic in • ironic about • ironic to

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