humorously

English

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Etymology

From humorous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhju.məɹ.ɪs.li/
  • Audio (General American):(file)

Adverb

humorously (comparative more humorously, superlative most humorously)

  1. In a humorous manner; jocularly
    He always managed to make people laugh at the tea table - he could pull faces so humorously.
    • 2022 March 28, Simon Davies, “Conlang Excursions 5: Making a Good Thing Better”, in ESF Connected‎[1]:
      But let’s fast-forward two decades and look at a couple of interesting tokiponidos (as these descendants are humorously termed) that were both proposed in mid 2020.

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