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What (who) is ironically - definition
ironically
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RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
1.
You use ironically to draw attention to a situation which is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.
Ironically, for a man who hated war, he would have made a superb war cameraman.
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2.
If you say something ironically, you do not mean it and are saying it as a joke.
Classmates at West Point had ironically dubbed him Beauty.
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ironic
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
adj. ironic that + clause (it's ironic that the weakest student in mathematics was elected class treasurer)
ironical
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
a.
Mocking, full of irony, expressing irony.
Examples of use of ironically
1. Ironically, the disaster began with a celebration.
2. Ironically, that constraint carries an advantage.
3. Ironically, energy security can increase with scale.
4. This comes, ironically, despite continuing hunger.
5. Ironically, his organs were deemed unsuitable for transplant.