humorously en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈhju.məɹ.ɪs.li/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English humorous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English humorously From humorous + -ly.
Meanings
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In a humorous manner; jocularly
He always managed to make people laugh at the tea table - he could pull faces so humorously.
But let’s fast-forward two decades and look at a couple of interesting tokiponidos (as these descendants are humorously termed) that were both proposed in mid 2020.
2022 March 28, Simon Davies, “Conlang Excursions 5: Making a Good Thing Better”, in ESF Connected:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| humourously | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most humorously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more humorously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |