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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On New Street, ironically one of Henley’s older streets, Knight Frank is listing a five-bedroom, redbrick townhouse.
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The office was somewhat stark and, ironically, there aren’t many Birds around.
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The crux of the drama is that, ironically, Lionel has nowhere to write a thinkpiece.
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Taking any calcium supplements at all can also interfere with a range of medicines, such as drugs to prevent bone-density loss (ironically enough) and antibiotics.
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The playwright attempts to whip up some conflict with a climactic revelation involving Dan's having faked their address in order to get Julie into a better school, ironically the one where the shooting occurred.
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Benchmark government bonds — ironically one of the initial triggers for the selloff — also gained.
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries displayed a show of unity that seemed unlikely earlier this week, complicated, ironically enough, by the president’s tweet.
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When Brinson came up for the first time in Tuesday's second hitting, Giants starter Dereck Rodriguez -- son of Pudge, ironically -- plunked the Marlins rookie with his first pitch.
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First Known Use of ironically
1576
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