adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
darkly funny/humorous/comic
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The show is a darkly comic look at medicine, money and morality.
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Social Blunders, which follows the romantic misadventures of 33-year-old Sam Callahan, is a darkly comic romp through heartache.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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humorous birthday cards
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It was a brilliant speech - clear, precise and humorous .
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The book is a humorous account of a young man's travels in South America.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although occasionally humorous , the work presents a bleak view of urban alienation.
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Dorothy was trying to make what she said humorous , but Harriet felt threatened.
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It was a half way humorous remark.
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Joyce thought this last remark was humorous .
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The novel is a humorous but often painful odyssey through the next three decades of Dolores' life.
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There's even a terrifying, bleakly humorous description of the state of Kinshasa's one nuclear reactor.
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There were a son and daughter of the marriage: the daughter married the humorous writer Paul Jennings.