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COMICALLY
comically
(adverb) in a comical manner; “the tone was comically desperate”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
comically (comparative more comically, superlative most comically)
in a comical manner
Source: Wiktionary
COMIC
Com"ic, a. Etym: [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. comique. See Comedy.]
1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy. I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. B. Jonson.
2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. "Comic shows." Shak.
Com"ic, n.
Definition: A comedian. [Obs.] Steele.
COMICAL
Com"ic*al, a.
1. Relating to comedy. They deny it to be tragical because its catastrphe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. Gay.
2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. "Comical adventures." Dryden.
Syn.
– Humorous; laughable; funny. See Droll.
– Com"ic*al*ly, adv.
– Com"ic*al"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
(adjective) having three units or components or elements; “a ternary operation”; “a treble row of red beads”; “overcrowding made triple sessions necessary”; “triple time has three beats per measure”; “triplex windows”
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