0 in a way that is interesting, strange, or funny because of being very different from what you would expect:
1 in a way that is different or opposite from the result you would expect:
Ironically, many of the countries voicing concerns about the end of quotas argued for decades that they should be abolished.
The bid succeeded, ironically, because of his rival's attempts to stop it.
A lot of what I've written was meant ironically.
Ironically, the shrill partisanship of contemporary politics, which has energized the field, may also limit its scope.
Ironically, at the same time that this trend was emerging, the substantial efficacy of behavioral and psychological treatments for sleep disorders was also being documented.
Ironically, her writings highlight a disenfranchisement of women that fails to account for the professional success that she personally enjoyed.
Ironically, even though the taxonomy is segmented into elementary categories, it is difficult to find an approach based on these in many produced works.