"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 • ...
(2) particularly, especially
Kolokacji: 2
1. particularly ironic = szczególnie ironiczny particularly ironic
  • The example you highlight is particularly ironic, given the role of cooking in the Bible.
  • Carping over benefits for career service members seems particularly ironic when their extraordinary sacrifices are evident on the front page every day.
  • "To implement that with a broad brush without having been given choices about other programs," she said, "I find that particularly ironic."
  • The misdemeanour was particularly ironic as it came in the same week when the government was coming under fire for a poor road safety record.
  • David found that factoid particularly ironic, and wondered if his father had ever gambled on political elections.
  • And I find it particularly ironic that this book is freely accessible via the Internet.
  • A particularly ironic death when you think about it.
  • It is particularly ironic that states who have already achieved a great deal in this area are being given additional ambitious tasks.
  • It is particularly ironic that we are discussing budgetary and fiscal matters today in this Parliament.
  • Particularly ironic is the narrator's encounter with a ghost who supposedly knows the way to Eldorado.
2. especially ironic = szczególnie ironiczny especially ironic
(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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