Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a half-serious, half-comic manner.
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Examples
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Her dress had been originally fine, but was torn and dirty; and her hair, which was a very violent red, was tumbled serio-comically about her forehead.
Tales of the Argonauts Bret Harte 1869
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Unhappily, in 1623, his library was destroyed by fire, an accident serio-comically described in his witty poem, "An Execration upon Vulcan."
Every Man in His Humor Ben Jonson 1605
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More people took my PrattPunk suggestion seriously well, serio-comically than I’d expected, and apparently Tim Pratts will be popping up several books and stories next year.
A Month of Writers, Day Twenty Four: Tim Pratt « Whatever 2007
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