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ironically
[ ahy-ron-ik-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that uses words to mean the opposite of what they normally mean, or makes an obvious exaggeration or understatement, as a joke or in order to make a point:
French author Voltaire ironically commented on war, 鈥淚t is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.鈥
- in a way that is the opposite of what would be expected, often as a remarkable coincidence:
Ironically, one of the main messages of this text on warfare is how to avoid battle through meticulous preparation and planning.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ironically1
Example Sentences
Aretha Franklin鈥檚 鈥淔reeway of Love,鈥 a top 10 hit that year, plays, ironically, in the background.
They鈥檝e relied on the support of investigators in the Office for Civil Rights鈥攅mployees who were placed on administrative leave Friday鈥攊ronically, World Down Syndrome Day.
This was a significant factor in what brought her leadership to a close, as was her focus on the politics of switching gender identity - ironically the subject of an opposition debate at Holyrood today.
It鈥檚 been a century since the grizzly bear was hunted to extinction in California, leaving only its image, ironically, on the state flag.
A post from Homes in Memoriam, somewhat ironically, appeared in Fonti鈥檚 Instagram feed the day after his first return visit to the Palisades.
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