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31Farcically — Farcical Far ci*cal, a. Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal. [1913 Webster] They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are ??tually in in nature. Gay. {Far ci*cal*ly}, adv. {Far ci*cal*ness}, n.… …
32Farcicalness — Farcical Far ci*cal, a. Pertaining to farce; appropriated to farce; ludicrous; unnatural; unreal. [1913 Webster] They deny the characters to be farcical, because they are ??tually in in nature. Gay. {Far ci*cal*ly}, adv. {Far ci*cal*ness}, n.… …
33farcically — farcical ► ADJECTIVE ▪ resembling farce; absurd or ridiculous. DERIVATIVES farcically adverb …
34comic strip — a sequence of drawings, either in color or black and white, relating a comic incident, an adventure or mystery story, etc., often serialized, typically having dialogue printed in balloons, and usually printed as a horizontal strip in daily… …
35funny — 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.… …
36laughable — laughable, risible, ludicrous, ridiculous, comic, comical, farcical, droll, funny are comparable when they mean provoking or evoking laughter or mirth. Laughable is the general term for whatever is fit to provoke laughter {mod ern audiences do… …
37farcically — adverb in a farcical manner a farcically inept bungler • Derived from adjective: ↑farcical * * * ˈ ̷ ̷sə̇k(ə)lē, sēk , li adverb : in a farcical manner * * * farˈcically adverb • • • Main Entry …
38The Taming of the Shrew — Infobox Play name = The Taming of the Shrew |250px caption = First Folio (1623) title page facsimile writer = William Shakespeare genre = Comedy setting = Padua, Italy and nearby locales subject = Courtship / marriage / battle of the sexes… …
39Ancient Greek comedy — Detail, side A from a Silician red figured calyx krater (c. 350 BC–340 BC). Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play). Athenian comedy …
40Ointment Seller, The — (Unguentarius, Mastiˇckáˇr) (ca. 1340) The 14th century Czech Latin play known as Mastiˇckáˇr, or The Ointment Seller, is an Easter mystery play concerned with the visit of the three Marys to a seller of balms and spices, from whom they… …
