Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a humorous manner.
- With humor; pleasantly; jocosely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Capriciously; whimsically.
- adverb Facetiously; wittily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
humorous manner;jocularly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a humorous manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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I thought the term humorously outrageous in American Pie and then annoying once it became widely "accepted".
Got MILF? 2008
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A "Ribu" is the term humorously coined for a mountain in Indonesia with an elevation of (as the name suggests) at least 1,000 meters.
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There is so much "bottom dressing," or "butt dressing" as I call it humorously these days, and to put it sympathetically, it is not the fault of women.
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There is so much "bottom dressing," or "butt dressing" as I call it humorously these days, and to put it sympathetically, it is not the fault of women.
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Mani is so great in Hindi [humorously] ... it was the easiest way to explain to him.
rediff.com 2010
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I thought the term humorously outrageous in American Pie and then annoying once it became widely “accepted”.
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Elizabeth, who was regarded in her set as a wit, a reputation acquired by reason of the fact that she possessed a certain knack for adapting slang humorously (for there was no originality to her alleged wit), now bent her head and looked at her brother incredulously.
Kindred of the Dust 1918
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The eyes that now rested on her humorously were the beautiful eyes which had once looked into her soul.
The New Magdalen Wilkie Collins 1856
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The next batch of ads -- collectively dubbed "Syndrome" -- continue the theme of "search overload" but present the idea humorously, a far cry from the overly dramatic "Manifesto" spot that kicked off the estimated $100 million marketing campaign from WPP agency JWT.
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That is what I was kind of humorously trying to do there with that video.
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