ironic vs sly as a fox

ironic

adj
  • Acting in a unserious and teasing manner. 

  • Done in an insincere and mocking manner; satirical. 

  • Odd or coincidental; strange. 

  • Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony. 

sly as a fox

adj
  • Very sly, very cunning. 

How often have the words ironic and sly as a fox occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )