comical
adjUK /ˈkɒmɪkəl/ · US /ˈkɑmɪkəl/
Etymology From Middle English comicalle, from Latin cōmicus + Middle English -alle (modern -al). By surface analysis, comic + -al.
1
Archaic Originally, relating to comedy.
- It was a comical performance.
2
Funny, whimsically amusing.
- The tutor excelled in comical scoldings.
3
Laughable; ridiculous.
- He's just put salt in his tea instead of sugar. What a comical error!
- Mr. Sanders has scored some rhetorical points against Mrs. Clinton for her longstanding ties to Wall Street, but she has responded well, and it would be comical to watch any of the Republican candidates try to make that case, given that they are all virtually tied to, or actually part of, the business establishment.2016 January 30, “Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2020, retrieved 30 Jan 2016:
- Derived terms
- comicality, comically, comicalness, heroicomical, semicomical, uncomical
- Related terms
- comic