humorously

3 definitions found

humorously - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Humorously \Hu"mor*ous*ly\, adv.
     1. Capriciously; whimsically.
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              We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. --Calamy.
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     2. Facetiously; wittily.
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humorously - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  humorously
      adv 1: in a humorous manner; "Dickens had humorously suggested a
             special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral"
             [ant: humorlessly, humourlessly]

humorously - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "humorously":
     absurdly, amusingly, bizarrely, broadly, comically, drolly,
     eccentrically, facetiously, farcically, funnily, incongruously,
     jocosely, jocularly, laughably, quaintly, ridiculously,
     whimsically, wittily