: not ironic especially : not using or given to irony : sincere … on the topic of medals and awards he is totally unironic—he takes them seriously … —

Is there such a word as unironically?

in a way that is not ironic or mocking; without affectation; sincerely: He was a happy, healthy baby, and for the first few years of his life he was referred to unironically at daycare as Mr.

Why do people use the word unironically?

Most people with a smartphone are at least vaguely aware of the strange turn that the word “ironically” has taken in recent years. ... As sarcasm became the default mode of discourse, we needed a word to alert people when we had decided to “break character” and express our opinions in earnest. Thus “unironically” was born.