seriocomic

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  • A camp, recovering from one of these riotous revels, presents a seriocomic spectacle; black eyes, broken heads, lack-lustre visages. —  The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
  • All that we know of the sequel is contained in a letter which Lincoln wrote to his friend Mrs. Browning nearly a year later, after Miss Owens had finally returned to Kentucky, in which, without mentioning the lady's name, he gave a seriocomic description of what might be called a courtship to escape matrimony. —  A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
  • Halla looked around the table with seriocomic intensity before turning back to them. —  Splinter Of The Mind's Eye
  • So why didn't you phone me and tell me they were coming? " —  You Live Once
  • That it had happened seemed the important thing. —  Conan the Indomitable
 

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