Ironically it is war that has brought a great many useful inventions into being.
Source: tatoeba (317839)
Ironically
//aɪˈɹɒnɪkli//
Synonyms for "ironically"
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19 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- ірані́чна adv (In an ironic manner)
Catalan
1 entries- irònicament adv (In an ironic manner)
Dutch
1 entries- ironisch adv (In an ironic manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- ironie adv (In an ironic manner)
Finnish
1 entries- ironisesti adv (In an ironic manner)
French
2 entries- ironiquement adv (In an ironic manner)
- ironiquement adv (evaluative (sentence-modifying))
Galician
1 entries- ironicamente adv (In an ironic manner)
German
1 entries- ironisch adv (In an ironic manner)
Italian
1 entries- ironicamente adv (In an ironic manner)
Polish
1 entries- ironicznie adv (In an ironic manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- ironicamente adv (In an ironic manner)
Romanian
1 entries- ironic adv (In an ironic manner)
Russian
3 entries- ирони́чески adv (In an ironic manner)
- ирони́чно adv (In an ironic manner)
- по иро́нии судьбы́ adv (evaluative (sentence-modifying))
Slovak
1 entries- ironicky adv (In an ironic manner)
Spanish
1 entries- irónicamente adv (In an ironic manner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- іроні́чно adv (In an ironic manner)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Ironically, that old grammar rule that says "never end a sentence with a preposition" does just that!
Source: tatoeba (546934)
There are certain expressions which are now only used ironically.
Source: tatoeba (1992203)
Ironically, one of these Turks would become the sultan Osman I, who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299 and reduced the role of the caliphs exclusively to the religious plane.
Source: tatoeba (7783767)
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