ironically

Example Sentences

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But it's only in the last year that it has taken off online, whether it be a motivational video for gains in the gym or ironically in a meme about a lazy cat.

From BBC

“Mann would undoubtedly be far happier with his new translator, John E. Woods, who succeeds in capturing the beautiful cadence of his ironically elegant prose,” Mr. Harman wrote.

From New York Times

Cancer took Dad in the late 1980s; ironically, it was caused by schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease caused by flatworms found in the rivers of North Africa and the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times

I think, ironically, one of the things that actually works best is to have something bad happen very publicly.

From Scientific American

Perhaps somewhat ironically, the most intimate portion of the show was also the biggest spectacle.

From Seattle Times