comedy drama

noun

: serious drama that has comic elements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This comedy drama about four longtime gal pals trying to have it all in NYC returns for a second season. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023 This comedy drama about four longtime gal pals trying to have it all in NYC returns for a second season. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023 This comedy drama about four longtime gal pals trying to have it all in NYC returns for a second season. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023 This comedy drama about four longtime gal pals trying to have it all in NYC returns for a second season. Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023 This comedy drama about four longtime gal pals trying to have it all in NYC returns for a second season. cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023 Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ best big-screen work is hands down starring opposite James Gandolfini in Nicole Holofcener’s tender 2013 comedy drama Enough Said. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023 An absurd comedy drama about a woman living in a exclusive Costa Rican beach house, waiting for her American lover who maintains her. Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 29 Nov. 2022 Hamill will co-star with her real-life husband, actor Jason O'Connell, in the risqué comedy drama based on the memoirs of real-life 19th-century British courtesan Harriette Wilson. San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comedy drama was in 1838

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“Comedy drama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedy%20drama. Accessed 24 Mar. 2023.

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