risibly

ris·i·ble (r

-b

adj.

1. Relating to laughter or used in eliciting laughter.

2. Eliciting laughter; ludicrous.

3. Capable of laughing or inclined to laugh.

[Late Latin rsibilis, from Latin rsus, past participle of rdre, to laugh.]

risi·bly adv.

risible [ˈrɪzɪb^əl]

adj

1. having a tendency to laugh

2. causing laughter; ridiculous

[from Late Latin rīsibilis, from Latin rīdēre to laugh]

risibly adv

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Adj.

risible - arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics"

comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, amusing

humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

risible

adjective (Formal) ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable, farcical, funny, amusing, absurd, hilarious, humorous, comical, droll, side-splitting, rib-tickling (informal) His claim is risible for its patent untruth.

Translations

risible [ˈrɪzɪbl] ADJ → risible

risible

adj (liter: = laughable) → lächerlich, lachhaft

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These authors dismiss anthropogenic global warming with a few risibly weak "sceptic" talking points; they also write that "the Sun's mass is infinitely greater than that of the moon".

Water by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

Despite good intentions, this is risibly acted, sloppily scripted and gimmicky, resulting in something that looks like the work of a first-time filmmaker rather than someone who's been in the business for nearly 50 years.

MOVIES: REDACTED Cert 15, 91mins ** by The Mirror (London, England)

Byline: Annie Brown CRITICS have roasted the latest offering from Guy Ritchie, calling it a "convoluted, risibly overwrought muddle".

Annie Brown: Guy and Madge - a gruesome twosome by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

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