But the advantage, if it exists, comes wrapped in irony.
No, it wasn't to debate whether readers are more interested in irony or intoxication.
They also failed to put in her humor and irony.
Another early effect of the law is steeped in irony.
She looked at him with an honest grin and shook her head in irony.
Was the horror merely some simple exercise in monstrous irony?
That's funny too, but it's all in tone and irony.
The big Chief Inspector's face was a study in irony.
One might almost have suspected that the words were spoken in irony.
But he wasn't interested in postmodern historicism or irony, either.