comically

[US]/'kɔmikli/
[UK]/ˈk ɑmɪk l..ɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a humorous or amusing way; in a witty or funny manner; humorously

Example Sentences

he gesticulated comically and did a little dance.

the comically smutty word relieved what had become a quite intolerable tension.

The comedian delivered a comically brilliant performance.

The movie was filled with comically exaggerated characters.

She comically imitated her teacher's accent.

The cartoonist drew a comically oversized banana.

The book is comically illustrated with funny cartoons.

The comedy show was comically absurd and entertaining.

The sitcom features comically awkward situations.

The clown's comically oversized shoes made everyone laugh.

The play had a comically unexpected ending.

The comedian's comically exaggerated gestures added to the humor of the performance.

Real-world Examples

Another, a disc-shaped being called Peytoia, looked almost comically like a pineapple slice.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

People are always losing things in my novels, not always comically, but sometimes so.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

His central work, 'The Dutch Proverbs, ' presents a comically disenchanted view of human nature.

Source: The school of life

Both were initially dismissed as almost comically unlikely to rise to rule their countries.

Source: Christian Science Monitor (Article Edition)

If you were asked to imagine a manager, you might well conjure up someone comically boring, desk-bound and monotonal.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Both it and I look comically out of place on a thoroughfare dripping with designer shops and high-end motors.

Source: The Guardian Reading Selection

The response was almost comically as he had expected.

Source: The Disappearing Horizon

My mother, too, was an avid needlepointer in those years, undertaking almost comically ambitious projects-the Chagall windows, the Unicorn Tapestries.

Source: The Atlantic Monthly (Article Edition)

It was comically large and it made his head look tiny.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

If not so comically small, he would indeed be a dreadful fellow.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

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