"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
(3) most, wonderfully, truly
Kolokacji: 3
1. bitterly ironic = ogromnie ironiczny bitterly ironic
2. deeply ironic = głęboko ironiczny deeply ironic
3. faintly ironic = trochę ironiczny faintly ironic
4. doubly ironic = podwójnie ironiczny doubly ironic
5. sadly ironic = smutno ironiczny sadly ironic
  • In a sadly ironic twist, it was the canal itself which carried the engines for the trains, the tools and the railroad men.
  • "It's sadly ironic that the people who take care of our sick and our elderly have been going far too long without their own health care benefits."
  • "I should have known better than to think you dead until I'd seen you buried with a stake through your heart," said Gottyan, sadly ironic.
  • I found it sadly ironic that just six feet away from here there were people lining up to withdraw money.
  • It is a sadly ironic kickoff for a century already defined by the promised ability to reproduce music seemingly on demand.
  • It is sadly ironic that perfectionists shun the very safety that could heal them.
  • It is sadly ironic that our government now campaigns to destroy the international criminal court just created by the world community to deter such crimes in the future.
  • It is sadly ironic that Oregon has become a bookmaker.
  • There really was no choice in the matter, and the sadly ironic thing was that it had been Voss who saw to that.
  • It is sadly ironic that my worst fears have proved correct.
6. darkly ironic = ponuro ironiczny darkly ironic
7. cruelly ironic = okrutnie ironiczny cruelly ironic
8. supremely ironic = niezwykle ironiczny supremely ironic
(5) nicely, deliciously
Kolokacji: 2
(6) intentionally, deliberately
Kolokacji: 2
ironic + preposición
Kolokacji: 3
ironic in • ironic about • ironic to

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