ˈhumorously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a humorous manner. a. Capriciously, fantastically; peevishly. arch. b. Facetiously, jocosely.
| 1603 Chettle Eng. Mourn Garm. B iij, Too humorously affected to the Roman gouernement. 1611 Cotgr., Bigearrement, odly, humorously, fantastically. a 1686 Calamy (J.), We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously, upon no reasons that will hold. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 127 Then follows the procession, most humourously described. 1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xxiii. 180 His humorously plaintive laments. 1895 R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus 40 How humorously perverse the human mind is in arguing against its chief good. |