Ironically

[Jonathan Lighter]

Here's a paradigm case of  "ironically" used to mean "surprisingly" (or maybe even "actually"?)with no evident "irony" intended.

Lance Armstrong was being interviewed on _Fox & Friends_ about the coming Tour de France and about a new Nike running shoe named after him.

"And what is the meaning of this yellow stripe on the [side of the] shoe?"

"Ironically, there are people who study color and what colors mean to people, and the yellow represents [the color of my jersey]."

JL



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