comical

[ kom-i-kuh l ]

/ ˈkɒm ɪ kəl /

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adjective

producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.

Obsolete. pertaining to or of the nature of comedy.

Origin of comical

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at comic, -al¹

synonym study for comical

1. See amusing.

OTHER WORDS FROM comical

com·i·cal·i·ty, com·i·cal·ness, noun com·i·cal·ly, adverb non·com·i·cal, adjective non·com·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·com·i·cal·ness, noun non·com·i·cal·i·ty, noun qua·si-com·i·cal, adjective qua·si-com·i·cal·ly, adverb sem·i·com·i·cal, adjective sem·i·com·i·cal·ly, adverb un·com·i·cal, adjective un·com·i·cal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH comical

comedic comic comical

Words nearby comical

comic book, comic opera, comic relief, comic strip, comic-opera, comical, comice, comines, cominform, coming, coming and going, have someone

Example sentences from the Web for comically

And keep in mind that even pre-ISIS, an Iraqi comedian was killed in 2006 for comically mocking those in power.

Middle East Goes Monty Python on ISIS |Dean Obeidallah |October 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Obama has been at it again the last few weeks, taking his act on the road to comically skewer the climate change deniers.

The Daily Show President: Obama's Edgy Humor |Dean Obeidallah |July 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At ground level: comically huge, flat-leafed plants that look like they come from a prehistoric diorama.

Uncovering the Secrets of St. Kitts |Debra A. Klein |June 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So when the right hears Obama or McHale comically slamming their beloved Fox News, Rand Paul, or Cliven Bundy, they get mad.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shows Conservatives Can’t Take a Joke |Dean Obeidallah |May 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

We will see Obama strategically and comically emasculate his political rivals.

Obama Will Weaponize Comedy at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner |Dean Obeidallah |May 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With these, comically interpolated with English expletives, he performed marvels, from stone-breaking to bridge-building.

With Our Army in Palestine |Antony Bluett
The fact that the Moorish Prince affected me so comically was no doubt due to my particular mood at that time.

Atta Troll |Heinrich Heine
Many emotions of the bird were most comically expressed by hammering.

In Nesting Time |Olive Thorne Miller
Elliott had no notion how comically her consternation sat on her pretty features.

The Camerons of Highboro |Beth B. Gilchrist
His helpless discomfiture and his wife's acidity of temper and diet are comically told.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England |Alice Morse Earle

British Dictionary definitions for comically

comical

/ (ˈkɒmɪkəl) /

adjective

causing laughter

ludicrous; laughable

Derived forms of comical

comically, adverb comicalness, noun

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