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unironical

unironical adjective: not ironical; without irony.

Adjective

unironical (comparative more unironical, superlative most unironical)

  1. Not ironical; without irony.
    • Wani had been wet about the game until he turned out to be good at it, and now he was absorbed and unironical, tripping after the ball, yapping and grinning when he bombed the other boules away from the jack-ball, or cochonnet.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    unironic

Synonyms of unironical

Forms of unironical

comparativemore unironical
superlativemost unironical

Origin of unironical

From un- + ironical.

Questions about unironical

What does unironical mean?
Unironical means not ironical; without irony.
What part of speech is unironical?
Unironical is an adjective.

Words near unironical in the dictionary

  1. unirked
  2. unirksome
  3. uniron
  4. unironed
  5. unironic
  6. unironical
  7. unironically
  8. unirradiated
  9. unirrigated
  10. unirritable
  11. unirritant

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