as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
my friends insist that this new television show is the most comedic thing ever created by the mind of man
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Recent Examples of comedic
Complications of the comedic, rom-com variety ensue.
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Kacey Musgraves has returned to corner the market on too-clever, comedic country-pop songs about arousal.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Though Ridley Scott works in a drastically different tone than the one John Carpenter brought to Dark Star, the two films share screenwriter Dan O’Bannon’s darkly comedic view of a future that has reduced humans to alternately bored and terrified cogs in larger machines.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Hailing from New Zealand, Shervey created and currently can be seen starring in Crackhead, a darkly comedic exploration of addiction, survival, and the absurdity of self-destruction.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Kacey Musgraves has returned to corner the market on too-clever, comedic country-pop songs about arousal.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
Though Ridley Scott works in a drastically different tone than the one John Carpenter brought to Dark Star, the two films share screenwriter Dan O’Bannon’s darkly comedic view of a future that has reduced humans to alternately bored and terrified cogs in larger machines.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
Hailing from New Zealand, Shervey created and currently can be seen starring in Crackhead, a darkly comedic exploration of addiction, survival, and the absurdity of self-destruction.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedic
Adjective
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The telling is harrowing, but also humorous at times, and achieves an emotional register that had me, essentially, transfixed.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Suspicious government officials are sent to investigate, resulting in a sequence of humorous, often laugh-out-loud encounters.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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This leads us on an intimate, and at times funny, journey of self-discovery and missteps told in five chapters over the course of a critical year in Robin’s life.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2026
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And there are some funny moments along the way, such as a scene in which Miranda tries to hang up her coat, having been told to stop throwing it at her assistants.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The image is both comic and oddly fitting, encapsulating the strange coexistence of weight and surface that runs through both Spark’s fiction and Schiaparelli’s design.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Nobody is more alive to the comic incongruity than the man himself.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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What is clear, however, is that the aye-aye’s comical assortment of features definitely isn’t incidental.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The candidate has become accustomed to comical mailroom interactions with his neighbors, who are routinely delivered fliers emblazoned with his face.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Heck, even co-creator Ed Boon pops up for a reasonably amusing cameo as a bartender.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 May 2026
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Smith’s involvement, though, is a bit more amusing.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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“Comedic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedic. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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