comical
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Critics come in for harsher abuse, but Mr. Ireland spreads around his comical scorn about the vanities and hypocrisies of theater folk liberally.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The 98th Academy Awards featured emotional speeches, comical relief and a bevy of backstage fun.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
At the core of Outlive is a set of outright comical assumptions about the amount of time and money that Americans have access to.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026
If the stakes weren’t so high, it would have been almost comical to see an adult behave so childishly in such a formal setting.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
It seems comical, looking back; we were a band of Charlie Chaplins marooned in the California desert.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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