Home › Words › I › ironicalnessironicalnessironicalness means irony; the quality of being ironical.EtymologyFrom ironical + -ness.nounirony; the quality of being ironical.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ironical 82% match — Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. vs ironicalness →irony 74% match — The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context. vs ironicalness →ironically 73% match — In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony. vs ironicalness →ironish 67% match — Resembling iron. vs ironicalness →ironist 66% match — Someone who uses irony in humor. vs ironicalness →sarcasticness 65% match — The quality or state of being sarcastic. vs ironicalness →unironic 64% match — Not ironic; free of irony. Sincere or genuine. vs ironicalness →ironice 62% match — ironically vs ironicalness →