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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

"No mean irony"

Hello,

can somebody explain me, what the expression that something is "no mean irony" means?

Yours,

Pauline
  

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Hi, It means that something is not a minor, insignificant irony . In other words, something is a major irony . Have you looked up the word 'irony' in your dictionary?

— Clive

  • Hi, It means that something is not a minor, insignificant irony .
  • In other words, something is a major irony .
  • Have you looked up the word 'irony' in your dictionary?
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

It means that something is not a minor, insignificant irony. In other words, something is a major irony.



Have you looked up the word 'irony' in your dictionary?



Best wishes, Clive
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Hi Clive,

thanks for Your reply. I was wondering whether "no mean" could have meant something like "enlightened" or "sophisticated" but your reply actually solves the sentence I have been working with.

I do have an idea of irony, and this is not meant to be an ironical remark..
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