Definition of ironically
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: in an ironic manner
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: it is ironic, curious, or surprising
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Nothing has seemed out of his reach except, ironically, being hired to design a garden in his own country, Italy.
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Shopping for airline seats has become one of the most challenging buying experiences a consumer faces, a challenge ironically made more — not less — difficult as technology improves.
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The knock against Donald before the draft was his height, which has, ironically, helped him dominate by giving him natural leverage against taller linemen.
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That was, ironically, one of the complaints about partisan primaries made by top-ten promoters.
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And, ironically, most of these healthy desserts just aren’t all that healthy.
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The Saints, ironically, beat out the Ravens on an offer sheet to Meredith.
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New measures may hurt even more wealthy Russians active in the West and, ironically, actually help the Kremlin by compelling them to bring their money home to Russia.
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Apple has had 12 employees arrested over the course of last year for leaking internal information about future software plans, according to a memo leaked (ironically) today, spotted by Bloomberg.
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First Known Use of ironically
1576
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