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51witty — witty, humorous, facetious, jocular, jocose are comparable when they apply to persons and their utterances and mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter or smiles. Witty (compare WIT) suggests a high degree of cleverness and quickness in… …
52humorous — humorous1 humorously, adv. humorousness, n. /hyooh meuhr euhs/ or, often, /yooh /, adj. 1. characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote. 2. having or showing the faculty of humor; droll; facetious: a humorous person. [1570 80;… …
53tongue-in-cheek — I adjective cleverly amusing in tone (Freq. 2) a bantering tone facetious remarks tongue in cheek advice • Syn: ↑bantering, ↑facetious …
54Facete — Fa*cete , a. [L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See {Face}, and cf. {Facetious}.] Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] A facete discourse. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] How to interpose with a small, smart remark, sentiment… …
55Facetely — Facete Fa*cete , a. [L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See {Face}, and cf. {Facetious}.] Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] A facete discourse. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] How to interpose with a small, smart remark,… …
56Faceteness — Facete Fa*cete , a. [L. facetus elegant, fine, facetious; akin to facies. See {Face}, and cf. {Facetious}.] Facetious; witty; humorous. [Archaic] A facete discourse. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] How to interpose with a small, smart remark,… …
57Mozart's name — The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart went by many different names in his lifetime. This resulted partly from the church traditions of the day, and partly from the fact that Mozart was multilingual and freely adapted his name to other languages.… …
58Medical slang — is a form of slang used by doctors, nurses, paramedics and other hospital or medical staff. Its central aspect is the use of facetious but impressive sounding acronyms and invented terminology to describe patients, co workers or tricky situations …
59funny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. amusing, droll, comic; absurd, laughable, mirth provoking, ludicrous; informal, strange, odd; ( pl.) comics. See wit, absurdity. Ant., unfunny. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stirring to laughter] Syn.… …
60witty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See wit. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Cleverly amusing] Syn. humorous, droll, jocose, jocular, sarcastic, facetious, amusing, funny; see also humorous . 2. [*Intelligent] Syn. sparkling, keen, quick… …
