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humorously

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.humorously - in a humorous manner; "Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral"
humorlessly, humourlessly - in a humorless manner; "he reacted rather humorlessly to these rumors"
Translations
humorously [ˈhjuːmərəslɪ] ADVcon gracia
humorously [ˈhjuːmərəsli] adv [say] → avec humour
humorously
advhumorvoll, witzig; reflect, smile, sayheiter
humorously [ˈhjuːmrəslɪ] adv (see adj) (describe) → in modo spiritoso, in modo divertente; (say) → scherzosamente, con fare scherzoso
humorously [ˈhjuːmrəslɪ] adv (see adj) (describe) → in modo spiritoso, in modo divertente; (say) → scherzosamente, con fare scherzoso


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I know not that any other author has hinted of the matter; but by inference it seems to me that the sturgeon must be divided in the same way as the whale, the King receiving the highly dense and elastic head peculiar to that fish, which, symbolically regarded, may possibly be humorously grounded upon some presumed congeniality.
Boris on the contrary at once found his footing, and related quietly and humorously how he had know that doll Mimi when she was still quite a young lady, before her nose was broken; how she had aged during the five years he had known her, and how her head had cracked right across the skull.
A man who was passing near her shoulder, humorously took the questioning word as intended for him.
 
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