humorous

[Hu·mor*ous]

If something is humorous it's funny. Humorous is a fine tone for toasting at your friend’s wedding, but not so much for the reading of someone's last will and testament.

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Moist; humid; watery.

Adjective
full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"


a.
Moist; humid; watery.

a.
Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical.

a.
Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect.


Humorous

Hu"mor*ous , a. [Cf. L. humorosus, umorosus, moist. See Humor.] 1. Moist; humid; watery. [Obs.]
All founts wells, all deeps humorous.
2. Subject to be governed by humor or caprice; irregular; capricious; whimsical. Hawthorne.
Rough as a storm and humorous as the wind.
3. Full of humor; jocular; exciting laughter; playful; as, a humorous story or author; a humorous aspect. Syn. -- Jocose; facetious; witty; pleasant; merry.

Moist; humid; watery.

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Usage Examples

My dad is a very quick-witted, sarcastic, dry, humorous guy, whereas my mom's very silly, and that side of the family is very musical.

Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to be a bus driver? He didn't have any money and he was not famous. But despite that, the show is humorous.

Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.

An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten.

If one tends to be a humorous person and you have a sense of humor the rest of your life then you can certainly lighten the load, I think, by bringing that to your trials and tribulations. It's easy to have a sense of humor when everything is going well.

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Other Usage Examples

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.

I suppose I look for humor in most situations because it humanizes things it makes a character much more three-dimensional if there's some kind of humor. Not necessarily laugh-out-loud type of stuff, just a sense that there is a humorous edge to things. I do like that.

A clever, imagination, humorous request can open closed doors and closed minds.

You can't be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

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