Ironically
Ironically adverb - In an ironic manner.
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Surprisingly and ironically are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surprisingly" instead an adverb "Ironically".
Surprisingly
Surprisingly adverb - In a surprising manner.
Ironically and surprisingly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ironically" instead an adverb "Surprisingly".
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Family-Unfriendly Violence: Surprisingly and ironically, much less common than in other contemporaneous classic cartoon series, like Tom and Jerry.
Source: Western Animation / Looney Tunes -
Ironically the Royal Navy was surprisingly inefficient on its own against Napoleon himself.
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Ironically, Blinkin is so surprisingly competent and skilled that his blindness is the only thing keeping him from liberating England by himself.
Source: Blind Mistake
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