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humorously

/ˈhjumɝəsɫi/ adv

In a humorous manner; jocularly

Word Origin From Latin 'umor' 'moisture, bodily fluid' — in medieval medicine, four humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile) determined temperament. Humor came to mean 'mood, disposition', then 'comicality'. 'Humorously' is the adverb. The root gives us 'humid', 'humidity', 'humorist', 'humoresque'. So humorously is 'in a fluid-like, moody way' originally.

adv In a humorous manner; jocularly

He humorously described his disastrous cooking attempt as 'culinary experimentation'.

(副词) 幽默地；诙谐地；风趣地

他幽默地将自己灾难性的烹饪尝试描述为'烹饪实验'。

(adverbio) cómicamente; graciosamente; jocosamente; con humor; divertidamente [De manera humorística; jocosamente]

Describió con humor su desastroso intento de cocina como "experimentación culinaria".

(adverbe) avec humour; humoristiquement; plaisamment; drôlement; comiquement [De manière humoristique ; avec humour.]

Il a décrit avec humour sa tentative de cuisine désastreuse comme une « expérimentation culinaire ».

(Adverb) humorvoll; scherzhaft; witzig [Auf humorvolle Weise; scherzhaft.]

Er beschrieb seinen missglückten Kochversuch **humorously** als „kulinarisches Experiment“.

(副詞) 面白く、愉快に。

彼は自分のさんざんな料理体験を「culinary experimentation」と**humorously**表現した。

(advérbio) humoristicamente; jocosamente; com humor; engraçadamente [De maneira humorística; jocosamente]

Ele descreveu humoristicamente sua desastrosa tentativa de cozinhar como 'experimentação culinária'.

Synonyms: jokingly facetiously comically wittily amusingly drolly playfully laughingly Antonyms: seriously solemnly gravely sternly
Word parts: humor + ous + ly

Related words

humorist humorless humoresque

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