Synonyms for ironically
iron·i·cal·ly

Princeton's WordNet

1. ironicallyadverb

   contrary to plan or expectation

   "ironically, he ended up losing money under his own plan"

2. ironicallyadverb

   in an ironic manner

   "she began to mimic him ironically"

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1. List of paraphrases for "ironically":

   paradoxically, sarcastically

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1. Michael Barr:

   The bank waited too long to address its problems and, ironically, the overdue actions it finally took to strengthen its balance sheet sparked the uninsured depositor run that led to the bank’s failure.

2. Carletha CeCe Cole:

   “Majority of the world’s creativity, power, intellect, and influence is in the minds of women and children. Ironically, these same demographics are largely at a disadvantage socially and economically. We are focused on empowering dreams and changing lives one woman and one child at a time.”

3. Jacob Slater-Chin:

   They're kind of, ironically, being Nazis, it doesn't really help your argument when you're literally beating up people.

4. Victor Thianpiriya:

   Ironically, what you actually need to see for physical demand to pick up is for prices to rally, the confidence in gold as a supposed safe haven or as an investment has been battered over the last few years.

5. Dana Canedy:

   Ironically, the very first time the Prizes were presented was June 1917 — less than a year before the 1918 outbreak of the Spanish Flu pandemic, during this season of unprecedented uncertainty, one thing we know for sure is that journalism never stops.