Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
contrary to plan or expectation;
- Example: "ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan"2.
in an ironic manner;
- Example: "she began to mimic him ironically"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ironical \I*ron"ic*al\, a. [LL. ironicus, Gr. ? dissembling: cf.
F. ironique. See Irony.]
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1. Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or
characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
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2. Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony. --
I*ron"ic*al*ly, adv. -- I*ron"ic*al*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ironically
adv 1: contrary to plan or expectation; "ironically, he ended up
losing money under his own plan"
2: in an ironic manner; "she began to mimic him ironically"