humorsome

Example Sentences

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I then, in a humorsome way, marked it "dictated letter" and sent it away.

From Cordwood by Nye, Bill

My gudesire's hair stood on end at this proposal, but he thought his companion might be some humorsome chield that was trying to frighten him, and might end with lending him the money.

From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Rhys, Ernest

But you're welcome to it, as some of it is rather humorsome, the laugh may do you good ef the story don't.

From Work: a Story of Experience by Alcott, Louisa May

His eyes twinkled with a humorsome light, but his face was shrewd, alert and aggressive.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

It is a humorsome display of frolic; a whole cornucopia of the most vivacious jokes is emptied into it.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John