adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ironically , he had decided not to install a burglar alarm before the break-in occurred.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At first the international press used it ironically , in quotation marks.
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But ironically , a storm that never materialized created the most controversy.
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For the first time the black market has been upstaged-and, ironically , brought into the official fold.
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His name, perhaps ironically , was Yorkie.
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The shift of power, ironically , is a throwback to the traditional House power structure.
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Which, ironically , seems to be helping the show.
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With both laughter and irritation Phoebe had returned to consciousness ironically amused at how nature could behave with such excessive romanticism.