LAUGHINGLY


Meaning of LAUGHINGLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lɑ:fɪŋli, læf- ]

If you laughingly refer to something with a particular name or description, the description is not appropriate and you think that this is either amusing or annoying.

I spent much of what I laughingly call ‘the holidays’ working through 621 pages of typescript...

ADV : ADV with v

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