Standard Lemma guide

humorously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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US: /ˈhju.məɹ.ɪs.li/
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CMU ARPABET: HH Y UW1 M ER0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adv

Meaning 1

In a humorous manner; jocularly

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

He always managed to make people laugh at the tea table - he could pull faces so humorously.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adverb

Meaning 2

in a humorous manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: humorlessly

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English humorous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English humorously From humorous + -ly.

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more humorously — comparative
most humorously — superlative
humourously — alternative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: humorous

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