Ironically
[aɪ'rɒnɪklɪ] or [aɪ'rɑnɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) in an ironic manner; 'she began to mimic him ironically'.
(adv.) contrary to plan or expectation; 'ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan'.
Edited by Joanne--From WordNet
Examples
- If he mean this ironically, it may be truer than he thinks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Jackson's fingers wandered playfully round his nose at this portion of his discourse, to warn his hearers that he was speaking ironically. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Archer considered him ironically. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I'll be bitterly merry, and ironically gay, and I'll laugh in derision. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Selden smiled, but not ironically. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You begin late, said I, ironically, marriage is usually considered the grave, and not the cradle of love. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You are very complimentary, retorted the Greek ironically, turning away. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- On those she lavished, almost ironically, her affection and her companionship. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But if there did happen to come along a highly attractive individual of sufficient means--well--' she tailed off ironically. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Ursula was quite absorbed in her song, when suddenly Gudrun stopped and said mildly, ironically: 'Ursula! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This was at first driven by a gas en gine,--ironically named Automatic,--for which a steam engine was substituted in the following year. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Edited by Joanne