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Definition of comical adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

comical

adjective
 
/ˈkɒmɪkl/
 
/ˈkɑːmɪkl/
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  1. funny, especially because it is strange or silly
    • She is a faintly comical figure who fears being made fun of.
    • He is a slightly comical figure.
    • What made it so comical was that their hats kept falling off.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to or in the style of comedy’): from Latin comicus from Greek kōmikos, from kōmos ‘revel’ + -al.
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