comicality

noun

Definition of comicalitynext
as in humorousness
the amusing quality or element in something there's a certain comicality to the outcome of the election: the candidate who ran against Washington, D.C., is now going there

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  1. humor
  2. irony
  3. comedy
Noun
  • And yet for God’s sake, just look at the man—at his dispiriting attempts at humor, his weirdly off-putting outfits, his incessant posting of banalities and faux profundities and extreme-right disinformation on social media.
    — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • But what keeps this show on my perpetual rewatch list is its humor, heart and endless humanity.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of humor
Noun
  • The irony here is thick, because while there were captive flamingos, escaped captive flamingos, and the occasional storm refugee along with sightings of coastal flybys, there were no longer any wild breeding birds.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2026
  • The irony there is whether the Heat instead might have to make room for Bronny James.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
Definition of irony
Noun
  • The apocalyptic horror comedy Zombieland (2009) was a box office hit.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2026
  • The ceremony was officiated by friend of the couple Adam Sandler, whom Travis Kelce starred alongside in the 2025 comedy Happy Gilmore 2.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
Definition of comedy
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“Comicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comicality. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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