ironically
adverb
iron·i·cal·ly ˌī-ˈrä-ni-k(ə-)lē 
also i-ˈrä-
1
: in an ironic manner
2
: it is ironic, curious, or surprising
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Blunt paints a picture — while in no way downplaying the need to address climate change — of long-term thinking that was ironically, tragically, short-sighted. 
Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 If the Bulls aren't interested in retaining White long-term, the best way out of that situation could - quite ironically - be to extend him this summer. Morten Jensen, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 The major roadblock to progress at the time was, ironically, bipartisanship. CNN, 14 July 2022 And both those moments, ironically, were diametrically antithetical to each other. Deepa Mehta, Variety, 16 May 2022 The least successful of the four is also, ironically, the most well-remembered. Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 But in a way, the odyssey to get to this point has been even more arduous - an at-times painful path that shows how Washington works, and, ironically, why NASA has been unable to return to the moon since the last of the Apollo missions 50 years ago. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022 Swinton’s quirkiness is tamped down, Elba’s megawatt star-power made, perhaps ironically for the character, more grounded in human reality. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 Knowing how his true nature, though, Coulson, Tony Stark, and ironically, the HYDRA traitor Jasper Sitwell advocated on SHIELD's behalf that Blonsky not be selected, and Ross agreed. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 Aug. 2022 See More
Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 If the Bulls aren't interested in retaining White long-term, the best way out of that situation could - quite ironically - be to extend him this summer. Morten Jensen, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 The major roadblock to progress at the time was, ironically, bipartisanship. CNN, 14 July 2022 And both those moments, ironically, were diametrically antithetical to each other. Deepa Mehta, Variety, 16 May 2022 The least successful of the four is also, ironically, the most well-remembered. Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 But in a way, the odyssey to get to this point has been even more arduous - an at-times painful path that shows how Washington works, and, ironically, why NASA has been unable to return to the moon since the last of the Apollo missions 50 years ago. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022 Swinton’s quirkiness is tamped down, Elba’s megawatt star-power made, perhaps ironically for the character, more grounded in human reality. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 Knowing how his true nature, though, Coulson, Tony Stark, and ironically, the HYDRA traitor Jasper Sitwell advocated on SHIELD's behalf that Blonsky not be selected, and Ross agreed. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1