humorousadjective
uk/ˈhjuː.mə.rəs/us/ˈhjuː.mə.rəs/C1 funny, or making you laugh:
Her latest book is a humorous look at teenage life.
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- I suppose the play is quite humorous, but it is let down by the actors' weak performances.
- He told one or two humorous stories about his years as a policeman.
- We weren't sure whether he was being humorous, or whether it was actually a serious suggestion.
- She writes humorous poetry generally, but not exclusively.
- It was only supposed to be a humorous remark, but she was really upset by it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- hysterical
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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humorously
adverb uk/ˈhjuː.mə.rəs.li/us/ˈhjuː.mə.rəs.li/