humorously

Example Sentences

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Soon after he was spotted, a San Francisco-based Redditor named Des Tan called him Chonker, a play on chonky, which is slang for humorously chubby, and it stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

He concluded: “The authoritarian feeds on fear and ignorance and when people who can stand up for their rights articulate it humorously, it helps to bring the henchman down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

A related area is to attack hypocrisy — both humorously and seriously.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

According to Ms Fritsche, "rabbit" was used humorously because only the wealthy could afford real rabbit, making the cheesy toast a "poor person's substitute".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

When their eyes met, he flipped one ear humorously and Miyax sensed he had been through this, too.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George