how to pronounce ironic

/aɪˈɹɑːnɪk/

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ironic is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of ironic in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… though it was an ironic one given that …”

meaning of ironic

Irony is a situation in which what is expected to happen, actually happens the opposite.

ironic frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word ironic occurs in english on average 11 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ironic can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ironic can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;