Most often a riddle is built around a paradoxical or ironical antithesis. This remark of Shaw's is characteristically ironical. In his typical ironical and satirical vein he also thanked Il Duce. The fables are also distinguished by their occasionally ironical ambivalence. The term was also used in an ironical criticism. This hints that Catullus' tone might be more on the ironical side. Regarding instability, Orwell reasons that nationalism can become ironical in various ways. In an ironical repetition of his father's experience, he falls in love with Kunhikkavu. Ironical song lyrics contain a lot of local vernacularisms, slang and surzhyk. He turns these prototypes into ironical statements. I think it's sort of ironical that we end up like this. By an ironical twist, Melbourne went on to the premiership. The film ends on an ironical note. The ironical texts of Kurt Feltz or Hans Bradtke often commented current events. In doing so he referred to the topic soccer in an ironical way.