humorously

English

Alternative forms

• humourously (uncommon, UK)

Etymology

From humorous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhju.məɹ.ɪs.li/

• Audio (General American):

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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.

Synonyms

• jocularly
• jokingly
• amusingly

Antonyms

• seriously