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Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

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  1. n. Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
  2. Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
  3. Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deridinganother.