HUMOROUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humorously mean? 

• HUMOROUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb HUMOROUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a humorous manner

  Familiarity information: HUMOROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMOROUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a humorous manner

Context example:

Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral

Antonym:

humorlessly (in a humorless manner)

Pertainym:

humorous (full of or characterized by humor)

 Context examples 

Martin debated humorously for a moment.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Milverton’s smile broadened and his eyes twinkled humorously.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The remaining toasts were DOCTOR MELL; Mrs. MICAWBER (who gracefully bowed her acknowledgements from the side-door, where a galaxy of beauty was elevated on chairs, at once to witness and adorn the gratifying scene), Mrs. RIDGER BEGS (late Miss Micawber); Mrs. MELL; WILKINS MICAWBER, ESQUIRE, JUNIOR (who convulsed the assembly by humorously remarking that he found himself unable to return thanks in a speech, but would do so, with their permission, in a song); Mrs. MICAWBER'S FAMILY (well known, it is needless to remark, in the mother-country), &c. &c. &c.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Do you mean you've been to a medium?" inquired Jordan humorously.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)