a. Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. ironicus, Gr. &unr_; dissembling: cf. F. ironique. See Irony. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.
-- I*ron"ic*al*ly, adv. -- I*ron"ic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]