ironically

adverb

🔊/aɪˈrɒnɪkli/

🔊/aɪˈrɑːnɪkli/

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in a way that shows that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying; in a way that expresses irony反语的；讽刺的
- He smiled ironically.他讥讽地微微一笑。🔊🔊
in a way that is strange or funny because it is very different from what you expect（因出乎意料而）奇怪的，好笑的
- Ironically, the book she felt was her worst sold more copies than any of her others.具有讽刺意味的是，那本书她觉得最糟糕，却比她的其他任何一本书卖得都好。🔊🔊