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adjective

Comical adj.

Relating to comedy. "They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical."

Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. "Comical adventures."

Synonyms: Humorous; laughable; funny. See Droll.

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Etymology of 'Comical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Comical" Quotes from Famous Books

... A more comical result of the Braddock affair was that it made Franklin for a time a military man and a colonel. He had escaped being a clergyman and a poet, but he could not escape that common fate of Americans, the military ...

— Benjamin Franklin • John Torrey Morse, Jr.

... I've autoptical, optical proof That he's prowling and growling at large in the land. Hear his pestiferous Clamour vociferous, Gurgles and groans of the beastliest brand. Some may regard his contortions as comical. But I've the proof that ...

— The Glugs of Gosh • C. J. Dennis

... that I call this fair play," said Saltash with a comical twist of the eyebrows. "I didn't expect all these developments in ...

— The Obstacle Race • Ethel M. Dell

... occasion, however, Jane ventured still farther; her grimaces were almost irresistible, and she had a most comical manner of imitating the master's attitudes when his eye was not upon her, and putting on a demure countenance when he turned towards ...

— Scenes and Characters • Charlotte M. Yonge

... the little roselit saloon, and as he welcomed the stranger Culver drew Hilary aside. There was much mystery on his comical face. ...

— The Odds - And Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell

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