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# humorously

«humorously» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a funny way that makes people smile or laugh** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

In a funny way that makes people smile or laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons it describes a writer's or speaker's tone: «the poem is written humorously». In stories it shows a character joking. Phrases: speak humorously, humorously written.

### examples

- Grandpa told the story humorously, and we all laughed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorously/#x1)
- The book humorously describes a cat's day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorously/#x2)
- He humorously suggested we hire an elephant to carry our bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorously/#x3)
- The teacher humorously called the messy desk «a work of art». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorously/#x4)
- She humorously answered, «Only on Tuesdays!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorously/#x5)

### note

Adjective: humorous; noun: humour (UK) / humor (US). Spelling trap: «humorous» drops the u even in British English: humour but humorous.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «humorously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humorously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.