(informal) Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
(rhetoric) 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.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
ivory
ivory
adj
Made of ivory.
Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
noun
(collective, singular or in plural) The keys of a piano.
(collective, singular or in plural) The teeth.
(informal) A die (object bearing numbers, thrown in games of chance).
(slang) A white person.
(uncountable) The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
A creamy white color, the color of ivory.
Something made from or resembling ivory.
oriya
roily
roily
adj
(of water) muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment)
