ironically

六级

r. contrary to plan or expectation
r. in an ironic manner

adv. 冷嘲地, 挖苦地, 讽刺地, 令人啼笑皆非地

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ironically 可以拆分为词根 iron（铁）和后缀 -ically（副词后缀），表示与“讽刺”相关的方式。虽然“iron”在此并不直接代表“铁”，但可以联想到“讽刺”的强烈和冷酷。

例句

1. She was ironically late to her own surprise party.

她竟然迟到了自己的惊喜派对。

2. It was ironically the rainy day that brought everyone together.

恰恰是下雨天把大家聚在了一起。

3. He ironically failed the test after studying all night.

他熬夜学习后却讽刺性地没通过考试。