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ironic
Universal Words
adjective
1 showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; expressing IRONY:
an ironic comment / smile
2 (of a situation) strange or amusing because it is very different from what you expect:
It's ironic that she became a teacher-she used to hate school.
seealsoIRONY
ironically adverb:
Ironically, the book she felt was her worst sold more copies than any of her others. * He smiled ironically.
