comically
11
3.9
- adverb
- /ˈkɒmɪkli/
:
cómicamente
- This one will be almost comically easy.
- almost comically
- often comically
- comically accurate characters
The entire last few months have been comically out of control for the CPU launches.
- The entire last few months have been comically out of control for the CPU launches.
- Why do people always buy like comically luxurious things when they steal money?
- This is bad, not just a little bit bad, like comically bad.
- Like if you've been to a proper New York bagel place, it's like like picture, it's like a comically large ice cream scoop of cream cheese.
- Just the just the visual of his mom coming downstairs and Toby like is like on top straddling his dad, but his dad has his feet in a comically large flower pot.
- It happens through what Wolf comically calls the looking glass effect.
- It is, it is comically, it's just, it's just sad.
- OK, so this fits just slightly bigger, but not as like comically I'm going to clown college big as some of the other stuff.
- And so once it reaches bathos, it's something comically absurd to it.
Examples
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Although he was tall and thin, almost comically so, there was a hard, severe edge to his appearance.
Fiction book (2000) -
I watched one get up from its nest and waddle comically to the edge of the precipice.
Academic text (1995) -
And even at that, this brush is comically large for this small painting.
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Jerry entered the kitchen and suggested in comically deep tones: "What about food, Mama?"
Academic text (2007) -
His hands flopped comically at the wrists as he dropped to the floor.
Fiction book (2001) -
Not grotesquely fat, but comically plump in a way that always made him look somewhat unkempt.
Fiction book (2001) -
Not surprisingly, the intruders retreated, backing up so quickly they comically bumped into each other on the way out.
Academic text (2004) -
"Lester gazed at Ellickson with his comically sad chipmunk expression.
Academic text (2010) -
The comedian's jokes were delivered comically, making the audience laugh out loud.
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He tripped comically over his own feet while trying to impress his friends.
Synonyms
72
3.7
In a way that is much too extreme or silly
27
2.0
Said or done as a joke and not meant seriously
12
7.0
In a dry, slightly mocking way
12
2.5
In a very funny way that makes people laugh
7
5.5
So silly or weak that people laugh at it
5
3.0
In a funny way that makes people laugh
5
2.9
In a happy way that shows you find something funny
5
3.3
In a funny way that makes people laugh
5
7.0
So silly or extreme that it makes people laugh
3
8.1
In a joking way that is not meant to be taken seriously
3
8.1
Very silly or unreasonable in a way that seems laughable
2
6.3
In a very loud, happy way that makes people laugh
2
4.3
In a funny way that makes people laugh
2
3.7
In a way that makes people laugh or feel interested
1
4.2
In a silly, awkward way that looks funny
1
3.6
To say or do something in a joking way without being serious
1
6.4
In a silly, foolish way like a clown
1
7.1
In a joking way to make people laugh
1
7.9
In a very silly way
1
8.1
In a way that makes people laugh a lot
In a joking way to make people laugh
In a joking way that is not serious
In a playful joking way to make people laugh
In a way that makes people laugh and enjoy it
In a silly, funny way that makes people laugh
In a very dramatic, playful way that makes people laugh
In a way that makes people laugh because it is silly
In a way that is very funny and makes people laugh
In a way that is very funny and makes people laugh
Antonyms
How Funny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word comically comes from comic and comedy, words that mean 'funny' or 'amusing'. The ending -ally turns the word into an adverb, so comically means 'in a funny way'.