humor
Example Sentences
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It owes nothing to Chekhov — though there are seagulls — but much to a classically Russian sense of humor and a Chaplinesque ingenuity.
From Los Angeles Times
In Mr. Barnett’s hands, “Rumpelstiltskin” has undergone a very light refurbishing, keeping the original plot mostly intact with the welcome addition of the author’s trademark wry humor.
“Rebel English Academy” reprises the excoriating humor of that debut, but only erratically.
“He had a razor-sharp sense of humor. He loved the absurdity of things.”
From Los Angeles Times
This version is easily the equal of the original: fizzing with humor, and infused with a tenderness and melancholy sympathy for all its characters, mostly members of a family from the so-called 1%.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
