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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

comically en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɑmɪk(ə)li/ (US)
  • /ˈkɒmɪk(ə)li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree English comical Middle English -ly English -ly English comically From comical + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a comical manner.
    • Masters and Johnson wanted their work to be taken seriously, and wanted to stay a step ahead of the morality police, so they tended to write in almost comically dense medicalese. 2009 June 26, Dwight Garner, “Out of the Bedroom, Into the Clinic”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:

Forms

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more comically Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most comically Degree=Sup lexicographic