punningly
- adverb
- /ˈpʌnɪŋli/
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con juegos de palabras
- She described the new bakery's sweet treats as punningly delicious, playing on the word 'bake' to highlight their flavor.
Examples
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Finn couldn't help but think it punningly appropriate, though to say so later to James would be a cheap shot.
Fiction book (1994) -
Such a transfer of cause and effect appears punningly in The Merchant of Venice, when Portia, speaking of Antonio, tells Bassanio that "You should in all sense be much bound to him, /For as I hear he was much bound for you" (5.1.135-36).
Academic text (2001) -
Fountain punningly echoes the distinctive form and color of the Sacré-Cœur.
Academic text (2002) -
But this primal naming or division, this Ur-theilung as Hölderlin punningly called it, this decision in the etymological sense of cutting is not without its violence.
Academic text (2000) -
He punningly entitled it Swingeing London 67, (n19) a combination of the judge's swingeing sentence and the newly coined phrase "Swinging London," which had first appeared in 1966 in the British magazine Time.
Academic text (2000) -
The comedian told a punningly clever joke that made everyone laugh.
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His punningly witty remarks during the meeting brought a light-hearted atmosphere to the serious discussion.
Synonyms
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In a quick, clever way that makes people laugh
How Punny
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Surface Forms
Morphology
punningly = punning (transparent) = pun + ing + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'punning' (itself 'pun' + '-ing'), so the meaning 'in a punning way' is directly derivable.
Etymology
Punningly comes from the short word pun, which means a small joke or a 'play on words', and the ending -ingly makes it describe how something is done. So, to act punningly is to speak or write using word jokes or double meanings.