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US
/ˈkɑmɪkəɫi, ˈkɑmɪkɫi/
]
[ UK /kˈɒmɪkli/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒmɪkli/ ]
ADVERB
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in a comical manner
the tone was comically desperate
How To Use comically In A Sentence
- And what caps this dizzy display is not seriously ordered fugato, let alone a full fugue, but a comically stilted allegro dance in duple rhythm, with octave leaps, mostly in two parts with chordal intrusions.
- Of course this seriously comic or comically serious Opera is drawing -- [ "_Music_," observes Mr. WAGG, parenthetically, "cannot be _drawing_"] -- and will continue to do so for some little time, long enough at all events to reimburse Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892
- Seriously, what else can you call a comically evil bunch of thugs who siphon off 1/6 of our GDP? Think Progress » Companies infused eight lobbyists for every federal lawmaker into the health care debate.
- Lesser actors would have come off as comically ineffectual or abrasive and unlikable, but Howard nails the performance.
- There is the comically preening priest, his mouth a downturned kidney bean of pious pronouncement. Times, Sunday Times
- Keep in mind that comically large pants are an awfully convenient way to hide a perma-rection. Best of the Best Week Ever! | Best Week Ever
- On a recent train journey a nearby couple had a comically tumultuous and very public break-up, which she duly live-tweeted in all its glory.
- These are also produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and also feature the amazing Boman Irani (ViruS) in comically villainous roles. 3 Idiots: Bollywood blockbuster is equal parts cautionary tale, maker manifesto, portrait of India Boing Boing
- The language is filthy, furious and comically hyperaggressive, and even the fight scenes are convincing. Times, Sunday Times
- Surfer was the comically subversive tale of a group of ski bums (the Slackers) visited by a mysterious stranger who skis magically and imparts mystical knowledge.