Comically antiquated variation on 'ironic' presently used most often to emphasise the unseriousness of a point. 'Ironical', like many nouns accepting the -ical adjectival suffix (e.g., poetical, hermetical, etc.) fell into disuse in favour of the shorter -ic form (e.g., poetic, hermetic, etc.) in Early Modern English. The anachronistic 'ironical' is therefore most commonly used in current speech to suggest the absurdity of an expression.
Speaker 1: That...that doesn't make much sense.
Speaker 2: Yes, one might even suspect, for example, that I was being ironical!
Speaker 2: Yes, one might even suspect, for example, that I was being ironical!
by Yst June 30, 2006
by JNJ April 2, 2005
just like ironic, only with an "al" because A) it sounds better and B) it's used in catcher in the rye so it must be a good enough word for me to use every day because i do anyways cause it sounds like a friggin' word.
how ironical!
by kerrie December 15, 2003
Hick and retarded usage of the word "ironic."
Illiterate and unintelligent people use "ironical" because they are so ignorant that they dont see that ironic is a tense of irony.
Isn't it ironic that some major english professors use "ironical" in speeches?
Illiterate and unintelligent people use "ironical" because they are so ignorant that they dont see that ironic is a tense of irony.
Isn't it ironic that some major english professors use "ironical" in speeches?
by DIM December 23, 2003
by Shirley Knot April 9, 2009
A burning determination that cannot be stopped or hindered by anything; Willing to do anything to get a desired out come; Extremely resilient
by aurellious January 19, 2010
Deliberate substitution for irony. Stems from a quote by Bart Simpson in the episode "Grift of the Magi". Rarely appears outside the phrase he uttered: "the ironing is delicious".
by LAN.gnome April 23, 2004