ironically
About 5.70 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb In an ironic manner; in a way displaying irony.
My colleague ironically avoids doctors like the plague!
- adverb Used to draw attention to an ironic aspect of a situation being described.
Ironically, the automated checkout system ended up costing more in repairs than the workers it was meant to replace.
Similar words
ironic sarcastically mockingly interestingly strangely oddly surprisingly paradoxically curiously sardonically
Often followed by
enough the it to in and that called as
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