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as in humor
humorous entertainment
presented a night of comedy as part of the weeklong celebrations
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as in humorousness
the amusing quality or element in something
I just don't see the comedy in someone flunking a driving test that they really needed to pass
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Available beginning Monday for a limited time at participating shops, the doughnuts get inspiration from the comedy classic, which first hit theaters in June 1984.
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Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2024
And though Kermit should definitely play Edward, romantic interest to Elinor (and brother-in-law, yes, weird, but also rife for comedy), for Marianne’s beau, Colonel Brandon, getting another human actor would probably be best.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
In the official trailer for the third and final season, positive change is in the Kansas wind for Sam (Everett), Joel (Jeff Hiller) and Tricia (Mary Catherine Garrison) in the HBO Original comedy that returns Oct. 27.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
These amusingly frank moments ring truer to DeGeneres’s style of comedy than the serious asides or justifications that soon follow.
—Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
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Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2024
And though Kermit should definitely play Edward, romantic interest to Elinor (and brother-in-law, yes, weird, but also rife for comedy), for Marianne’s beau, Colonel Brandon, getting another human actor would probably be best.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2024
In the official trailer for the third and final season, positive change is in the Kansas wind for Sam (Everett), Joel (Jeff Hiller) and Tricia (Mary Catherine Garrison) in the HBO Original comedy that returns Oct. 27.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2024
These amusingly frank moments ring truer to DeGeneres’s style of comedy than the serious asides or justifications that soon follow.
—Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedy. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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