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i·ron·ic

I0234300 (ī-rŏn′ĭk) also i·ron·i·cal I0234300 (ī-rŏn′ĭ-kəl) adj. 1. Characterized by or constituting irony. 2. Given to the use of irony. 3. Poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended: madness, an ironic fate for such a clear thinker. 4. Usage Problem Coincidental or improbable.

i·ron′i·cal·ly adv. i·ron′i·cal·ness n. Usage Note: In its nonliterary uses, irony refers to an incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs, especially if what actually occurs seems designed to thwart or mock human wishes. For example, in the sentence Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, the incongruity exemplifies human inconsistency. This sentence was approved by 92 percent of Usage Panelists in our 2016 survey. Sometimes, people misapply ironic, irony, and ironically to events and circumstances that might better be described as simply coincidental or improbable, with no particular lessons about human vanity or presumption. Resistance to such uses remains strong. In 1987, 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejected In 1967, Susan moved from Ithaca to California, where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York. In 2016, this same sentence was still rejected by 63 percent, though some Panelists noted that it might be acceptable in the right context: if Susan had moved to California to get away from New Yorkers, the irony could lie in the the folly of supposing we can know what fate has in store for us.

ironically

(aɪˈrɒnɪkəlɪ) adv1. (sentence modifier) it is ironic that: ironically, McCoist has never scored against Rangers. 2. in an ironic manner: I laughed ironically.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	ironically - contrary to plan or expectation; "ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan"
	2.	ironically - in an ironic manner; "she began to mimic him ironically"

ironically

adverb1. paradoxically, absurdly, incongruously, ambiguously, illogically, inconsistently, bafflingly Ironically, for a man who hated war, he made a superb war reporter.2. sarcastically, mockingly, sardonically, acidly, wryly, sneeringly, trenchantly, satirically, acerbically, mordaciously His classmates ironically dubbed him 'Beauty'.

Translations

冷嘲地

irony

(ˈaiərəni) – plural ˈironies – noun1. a form of deliberate mockery in which one says the opposite of what is obviously true. 反话，讽刺 2. seeming mockery in a situation, words etc. The irony of the situation was that he stole the money which she had already planned to give him. 冷嘲热讽，有讽刺意味的情况 ironic(al) (aiˈronik(l)) adjective冷嘲的iˈronically adverb冷嘲地

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adv paradoxically

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adv sarcastically

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