ironically

i-ron-i-cal-ly · adverb

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Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    In an ironic manner; using words that convey the opposite of their literal meaning.

  2. 2.

    Used to point out a situation that is contrary to what might be expected.

Related words

Antonyms: genuinely, sincerely
See also: ironic, irony, sarcastically
Synonyms: paradoxically, sarcastically

Etymology

From ironic + -ally, ultimately from Greek eirōnikos ("dissembling").