as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
an inadvertently chucklesome comment sent titters through the audience
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Adjective
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Despite the humorous discouragement from her friends and family, Hurosky remains committed to her goal with a slight modification.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025 -
And of course, there’s generally a moral at the end of the story—the kind of humorous, heartfelt fare that makes Abbott so beloved as family viewing.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Favorite Memory Activity: There needs to be a healthy level of trust for this activity to work well, but the idea is that people share a memory from their childhood, perhaps a funny story, challenging time or a proud moment.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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In Eureka Day, Jonathan Spector’s incisive and dazzlingly funny play now on Broadway about a Berkeley school board navigating a mumps outbreak, Amber Gray is a new parent named Carina.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Concepts of drag comedy and nonbinary people held a different sort of weight, and the cross-dressing escapades in the movie, as two hapless male musicians flee the mob by donning dresses and joining an all-women band, didn’t hold the same sort of comedic sway.—
Chad Jones,
The Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2025
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The Friends star has pulled off countless comedic stunts with panache over the course of his storied career, but his role in the second season of Disney+ and Hulu's Goosebumps is pushing his range to new limits.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The comedy is very much a love letter to South L.A., offering pointed and amusing commentary on gentrification.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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The film centers on Clémence, a quiet yet amusing Parisian, who had a complicated childhood.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And the confusion caused by a talking horse (mirroring the Francis the Talking Mule film series), and the comical situations Ed got Wilbur into was the basis behind the Mister Ed sitcom, which was introduced in first-run syndication on January 5, 1961.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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English football in 2024 served up a bit of everything: stunning strikes, comical own goals, baffling errors, refereeing controversies, promotions, relegations, trophies lifted, CVs sifted and much more besides.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The comic posts and memes have a simple explanation.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Their comic genius and quick wit was like no other.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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One reporter said the fight should be called off, that Clay was hysterical and was endangering himself.—
Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
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His hysterical and paranoid tenor made this easy to dismiss as excuse-making for his difficulties governing in his first term and his myriad legal problems.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Chucklesome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chucklesome. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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