Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tragicomic manner.
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- adverb In a
tragicomic manner
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Examples
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Something is tragicomically wrong when a couple of quixotic newbies can seize the moral high ground on regulating the nation's advisory firms, which collectively handle an estimated $38 trillion.
These Rookie Regulators Have Got Moxie—and Not Much Else Jason Zweig 2011
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I struggled through Douchebag about two brothers tragicomically incapable of communicating with, or committing to, the opposite sex.
Sebastian Doggart: Sundancing Into the Apocalypse Sebastian Doggart 2010
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I struggled through Douchebag about two brothers tragicomically incapable of communicating with, or committing to, the opposite sex.
Sebastian Doggart: Sundancing Into the Apocalypse Sebastian Doggart 2010
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Who had the courage to rehash an argument that has already been shown to absolutely, tragicomically absurd?
John Knefel: New York Times To Sociopaths: Give It Another Shot 2009
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"This very particular movie has a lyrical feel for place, period, and the rhythms of a small-town community trying - and tragicomically failing - to run in place while the world around it opens its arms to creeping corporatism," writes Ella Taylor in the LA Weekly.
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He is clad in a dark coat, the collar striated with lint and dandruff, the sleeves tragicomically short, exposing his dirt-rimmed shirt cuffs.
'Love And Obstacles' 2009
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You know, one of the bombs -- one of the unexploded bombs found on a shut down Russian plane yesterday, tragicomically said, "this is for Americans, this is for NATO," in Russian.
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You know, one of the bombs -- one of the unexploded bombs found on a shut down Russian plane yesterday, tragicomically said, "this is for Americans, this is for NATO," in Russian.
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From now on, she will be on the watch as well for those who cloak the past in mystique, or who tragicomically misread it.
The Unclosed Circle Kerr, Sarah 2007
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The tragicomically counterproductive jousts about property aren't usually so, but they can be.
Children and divorce Mike L 2005
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