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  • adjective Not satirical.

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un- +‎ satirical

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Examples

  • I still find Holofcener basically lenient and unsatirical about these people, but her work has more dramatic interest and comic snap than before, particularly in the dialogue between Rebecca and Mary, who live together and squabble about things like how many dishes to put in the microwave at once: "They take longer to heat if you put two in together" – "This is a fascinating conversation."

    Please Give 2010

  • I still find Holofcener basically lenient and unsatirical about these people, but her work has more dramatic interest and comic snap than before, particularly in the dialogue between Rebecca and Mary, who live together and squabble about things like how many dishes to put in the microwave at once: "They take longer to heat if you put two in together" - "This is a fascinating conversation."

    Culture | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Troilus and Ulysses's apparently unsatirical speech on observing "degree, priority and place".

    New Statesman 2009

  • Troilus and Ulysses's apparently unsatirical speech on observing "degree, priority and place".

    New Statesman 2009

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