comically

English

Etymology

From comical +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmɪk(ə)li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɪk(ə)li/
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Adverb

comically (comparative more comically, superlative most comically)

  1. In a comical manner.
    • 2009 June 26, Dwight Garner, “Out of the Bedroom, Into the Clinic”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Masters and Johnson wanted their work to be taken seriously, and wanted to stay a step ahead of the morality police, so they tended to write in almost comically dense medicalese.
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