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Princeton's WordNet

  1. humorouslyadverb

    in a humorous manner

    "Dickens had humorously suggested a special service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral"

Wiktionary

  1. humorouslyadverb

    In a humorous manner; jocularly

    He always managed to make people laugh at the tea table - he could pull faces so humorously.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Humorouslyadjective

    Etymology: from humorous.

    A cabinet of medals Juvenal calls, very humourously, concisum argentum in titulos faciesque minutas. Joseph Addison, on Medals.

    We resolve by halves, and unadvisedly; we resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously, upon no reasons that will hold. Edmund Calamy.

    It has been humorously said, that some have fished the very jakes for papers left there by men of wit. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. humorously

    Humorously is an adverb that describes an action done in a funny, amusing, or comical manner. It refers to a way of speaking, writing, or behaving that is intended to make people laugh or smile.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Humorouslyadverb

    capriciously; whimsically

  2. Humorouslyadverb

    facetiously; wittily

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of humorously in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of humorously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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