Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comically

/ˈkɑmɪk(ə)li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: com-i-cal-ly
IPA: /ˈkɑmɪk(ə)li/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a comical manner.

Example Sentences

"Masters and Johnson wanted their work to be taken seriously, and wanted to stay a step ahead of the morality police, so they tended to write in almost comically dense medicalese."

Etymology

Etymology tree English comical Middle English -ly English -ly English comically From comical + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkɑmɪk(ə)li/
British English: /ˈkɒmɪk(ə)li/

Inflected Forms

more comically (comparative) most comically (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce comically?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɑmɪk(ə)li/.
What does comically mean?: In a comical manner.
Where does comically come from?: Etymology tree English comical Middle English -ly English -ly English comically From comical + -ly.

How to pronounce comically

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