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Comical definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMICAL, a.
1. Relating to comedy; comic.
2. Exciting mirth; diverting; sportive; droll.
We say, a buffoon is a comical fellow, or his story or his manners are comica.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny, laughable, mirthful, risible]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century 1. obsolete of or relating to comedy 2. causing laughter especially because of a startlingly or unexpectedly humorous impact <wearing a comical expression> Synonyms: see laughable • comicality noun • comically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. funny; causing laughter. Derivatives: comicality n. comically adv. Etymology: COMIC

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Comical Com"ic*al, a. 1. Relating to comedy. They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. --Gay. 2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. ``Comical adventures.'' --Dryden. Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See Droll. -- Com"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Com"ic*al"ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something as comical, you mean that it makes you want to laugh because it seems funny or silly. Her expression is almost comical... Events took a comical turn. = funny ADJ • comically She raised her eyebrows comically... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. See comic

Moby Thesaurus

absurd, broad, burlesque, comic, droll, farcical, foolish, funny, impish, ludicrous, mock-heroic, ridiculous, roguish, silly, slapstick, sportive, tragicomic, visible, waggish