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Ironic

/aɪˈrɑnɪk/
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(adj) Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.

When people use the word "ironic", they may mean "comically incongruous".
I was being ironic.
CEFR Practice Quiz
It is quite ____ that the man who spent his life studying fire safety lost his house in a large fire.

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