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UK
/aɪɹˈɒnɪkli/
]
[ US /aɪˈɹɑnɪkɫi/ ]
[ US /aɪˈɹɑnɪkɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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contrary to plan or expectation
ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan -
in an ironic manner
she began to mimic him ironically
How To Use ironically In A Sentence
- Classmates at West Point had ironically dubbed him Beauty.
- Ironically, the action is over a short story concerning a previous libel action.
- Ironically this was in a whinge about grammar schools. Times, Sunday Times
- Ironically, the fire was the indirect result of a new environmental consciousness. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
- LIZZIE: ( ironically ) With five thousand a year, would not matter if he warts and a leer.
- Ironically, this doesn't involve her first lover but instead, her best friend, the girl with whom she chose to make the all-important journey into adulthood with. Kate Monro: The Devastatingly Short Virginity Loss Story
- Ironically, despite a global reversal in the world's financial fortunes, the ultrarich continue to grow (grotesquely) richer. Times, Sunday Times
- The last time I'd been in Hoch, ironically enough, we had dropped acid and gone to a showing of Fantasia.
- Ironically enough, debate continues over the division of labor and the artist responsible for the design of the central panel.
- It may, ironically, be the biggest flaw in his argument. Times, Sunday Times