COMEDY

[noun] [C] - a (type of) film, play or book which is intentionally amusing either in its characters or its actionShe's a director well known for serious films but her latest is a comedy.A lot of Shakespeare's plays are comedies.Comedy is also the amusing part of a situation.The vicar's forgetting his lines in the middle of the speech provided some good comedy.A comedy of manners is a type of comedy in which the social behaviour of a particular group of people is made to appear foolish.