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English Dictionary: ironically by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ironical \I*ron"ic*al\, a. [LL. ironicus, Gr. [?] dissembling:
      cf. F. ironique. See {Irony}.]
      1. Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or
            characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.
  
      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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