slapsticky

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slapsticky
Adjective
  • Later, there is caper-like comedy at a funeral home, which then sobers in a poignant tete-a-tete between Yun-ji and Min-yeong, astute revelations of the broken homes that shaped our young heroines, a climactic riot of slapstick destruction at an emergency school meeting and more.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The whole this is very slapstick and irreverent, and the story is advanced almost exclusively by wacky deus ex machinas.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After guest-starring on an episode of Happy Days in 1978, Williams' zany character proved so popular that ABC cast him as the lead a year later on the spinoff Mork & Mindy, opposite Pam Dawber as his human love interest Mindy McConnell.
    Nate Jones, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The movie is possibly loud and colorful and zany and kooky and busy enough to mask the desperation in a script that shows little imagination for the psychological hurdles of people from three different generations struggling to understand one another.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The combo together ensures that the lip doesn't look clownish.
    Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Off-camera, Rosenthal’s characteristic ebullience is more cerebral than clownish.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The latter character ushers in a stiff but amusing Mark Cuban cameo.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Fleury gave a typically amusing answer when asked about the chants of one more year.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Not surprisingly, the results were mixed - although the rougher singing moments were just as entertaining as the better ones.
    Piet Levy, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Who made allowing goals every bit as entertaining as stopping them?
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Slapsticky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapsticky. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!