All 8 Uses of
irony
in
Washington Square
- The world, which, as I have said, appreciated him, pitied him too much to be ironical; his misfortune made him more interesting, and even helped him to be the fashion.†
Chpt 1
- This was very interesting; but in the midst of it Marian Almond came pushing through the crowd, with a little ironical cry, when she found these young people still together, which made every one turn round, and cost Catherine a conscious blush.†
Chpt 4
- ...he almost never addressed his daughter save in the ironical form.
Chpt 4 *ironical = saying one thing while meaning something else
- There were portions left over, light remnants and snippets of irony, which she never knew what to do with, which seemed too delicate for her own use; and yet Catherine, lamenting the limitations of her understanding, felt that they were too valuable to waste and had a belief that if they passed over her head they yet contributed to the general sum of human wisdom.†
Chpt 4
- And, with all his irony, her father believed her.†
Chpt 4 *
- And I had a sort of foolish hope that you would come home without that odious ironical tone with which you treat the most sacred subjects.†
Chpt 27
- "Don't undervalue irony, it is often of great use.†
Chpt 27
- "My dear Lavinia," exclaimed the Doctor, "do you call that irony?†
Chpt 27