Formal Definition of Situational Irony Situational irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often wryly amusing as a result. (Oxford Dictionary) More Examples of Irony Here are yet more examples of irony: ...
While waiting for the bus, I amused myself by performing a mime interpretation of the Gettysburg Address. Bemused Usage Problem To cause to be mildly or wryly amused "Unlike William McKinley, whose priggishness bemused him, Roosevelt had no compunctions about smoking cigars in public" (Joseph ...
Smilingwryly, he flashed a cheeky wink. (Here, we have two simultaneous actions: smiling while flashing.) Knowingtrees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowinggrass, I can appreciate persistence. (American author Hal Borland) (Here, we have two simultaneous actions in each sentence: knowin...
4 Building argumentum ad alia Belnap comments wryly, "Give a modal logician a little nesting and more is wanted," (1991, p. 138) and the same might be said for philosophers of language. The account of the previous section depends upon a mechanism for representing reported speech of the ...
However, there has not been a consistent and standard definition of cell types, although it is critical for reproducible investigation. It is often unclear if cell types defined by different phenotypic features agree with each other nor which feature is the right one to define cell types. ...
Michael described himself as “suspicious of the word”, adding wryly that “it’s something people trot out when they want to get an MBA”. For him, genuine innovation needs to be both really new and really useful. So, by this definition, eBooks technically aren’t an innovation, as in...
“rests on the assumption that the manager will steal what he does not own, so that it is probably more efficient to give it to him at the outset rather than put him to the trouble of stealing it.” Brennan wryly conjectures that managers with such a disposition probably need to be ...
What is Telematics? Telematics for Anything Shipping The Airbnb of Construction Seguro Para Todos Roadside Assistance Reinvented Telematics for Maritime Insurance Getting Rid of the DMV 43,833,795 Vehicles and Counting Conclusion Peter Thiel once wryly quipped that we wanted flying cars and instead, ...
that it’s a leap into the dark; also known as blind faith; or as Mark Twain wryly put it, “Believing what you know ain’t so.” Although this is how modern Western culture views religious faith (and even many Christians adopt this definition), nothing could be further from the truth...
I smile wryly at him, squinting my eyes slightly. “Yes, Dan, I am okay.” He breathes deeply, moves in closer to me and says, “Are you sure?” Our eyes meet. I move in closer…our faces just a foot or so apart now.