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hu·mor·ous  (hymr-s)
adj.
1. Full of or characterized by humor; funny: a humorous story.
2. Employing or showing humor; witty: a humorous writer.
3. Archaic Given to moods or whims; capricious.
4. Obsolete Damp; moist.
humor·ous·ly adv.
humor·ous·ness n.
humorous
Adjective
amusing, esp. in a witty or clever way
humorously adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.humorous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"
humourous
pleasing - giving pleasure and satisfaction; "a pleasing piece of news"; "pleasing in manner and appearance"
humorless, humourless, unhumorous - lacking humor; "it was a humorless wink; a wink of warning"- Truman Capote
humorous
adjective funny, comic, amusing, entertaining, witty, merry, hilarious, ludicrous, laughable, farcical, whimsical, comical, droll, facetious, jocular, side-splitting, waggish, jocose << OPPOSITE serious
Translations
humorous [ˈhjuːmərəs] adj → gracioso, divertido
humorous [ˈhjuːmərəs] adj → humoristique; [person] → plein(e) d'humour
humorous [ˈhjuːmərəs] adj (remark) → witzig;
(book) → lustig;
(person) → humorvoll
humorous [ˈhjuːmərəs] adj → umoristico/a; [person] → buffo/a


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And Dolly, who had inherited her father's gift of humorous storytelling, made Varenka helpless with laughter as she related for the third and fourth time, always with fresh humorous additions, how she had only just put on her new shoes for the benefit of the visitor, and on going into the drawing room, heard suddenly the rumble of the trap.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
But the most ordinary cause of a single life, is liberty, especially in certain self-pleasing and humorous minds, which are so sensible of every restraint, as they will go near to think their girdles and garters, to be bonds and shackles.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Look now at Stubb; a man who from his humorous, deliberate coolness and equanimity in the direst emergencies, was specially qualified to excel in pitchpoling.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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