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Definition of Laughably

1. Adverb. So as to arouse or deserve laughter. "Her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"

Definition of Laughably

1. Adverb. In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner. ¹

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Definition of Laughably

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laughably

Literary usage of Laughably

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoirs of Doctor Burney by Fanny Burney (1832)
"He was uncultivated and under-bred ; his conversation was without mark ; his sentiments were common ; and his language was even laughably vulgar; ..."

2. Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of by C. P. Bronson (1845)
"Your wife! ha, ha! upon my word, The thought is laughably absurd, ... [word, What! take Ellen home? iia! ha! upon my The thought is laughably absurd. ..."

3. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1903)
"Your wife? ha, ha! upon my word, The thought is laughably absurd As anything I ever heard— I never dreamed of such a thing!" " The linch-pin'M out! ..."

4. The Science of Elocution: With Exercises and Selections Systematically by S. S. Hamill (1881)
"Your wife ? ha I ha I upon my word, The thought is laughably absurd As any thing I ever heard— I never dreamed of such a thing I " 9. ..."

5. The Sea (La Mer) by Jules Michelet (1864)
"Greatly, aye, laughably unequal was the strife between that small, white, ... laughably, said I ? Ah ! no inclination towards laughter remains with us when ..."

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