Meaning & use
ironically
In a way that is the opposite of what would normally be expected, often producing an unintentionally striking or humorous contrast.
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Ironically, the fire station burned down just weeks after its safety inspection.
He works, ironically, as a personal trainer despite hating exercise himself.
A note on using this word
Ironically is often misused to mean simply 'coincidentally'; careful writers reserve it for genuine contrasts between expectation and reality.
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