comical

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On April 20 he wrote an essay about what he calls the comical issues of the Summit of the Americas and then on 21st wrote about "serious issues."

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  1. adjective Provoking mirth or amusement; funny.
  2. adjective Of or relating to comedy.

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  • One thing I often find comical is the fact that the many people that contact me often have lower ranked overall websites than me. —  Marketing Profs Daily Fix
  • "I don't see it so much in a single poem but in the range of styles and voices and moods and modes-comical, polemical, reportorial, satirical, lyrical, incantatory, introspective, collective, etc. -from one text to the next," Kessler explains, —  PoetryFoundation.org
  • I find their reaction almost comical, the fact that it is up to a Brasilian court to decide on Sean Goldman's future. —  Home
  • On April 20 he wrote an essay about what he calls the comical issues of the Summit of the Americas and then on 21st wrote about "serious issues." —  Canada Free Press
  • Nick calls his comical performing persona Norman Gentle, but Simon was not impressed. —  Extra
 

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ludicrous ·  humorous ·  amuse ·  pathetic ·  grotesque ·  ironic ·  whimsical ·  tragic ·  ghastly ·  disconcert ·  quaint
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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/ˈkɑmɪkəl/
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