funny and entertaining; showing a sense of humour:
He gave a humorous account of their trip to Spain. * a humorous look at the world of fashion * She had not intended to be humorous. * He had a wide mouth and humorous grey eyes.
humorously adverb:
The poem humorously describes local characters and traditions.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for humorous is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is humorous a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, humorous is tagged as adjective.
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