antic
noun
Usually antics.
antically
-
a word derived from
antic.
Example Sentences
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In The Times, critic David Kipen hailed Pynchon’s classic style as “Olympian, polymathic, erudite, antically funny, often beautiful, at times gross, at others incredibly romantic, never afraid to challenge or even confound.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
The maverick voices of some authors are antically evident right from the start.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
No, the questions and possibilities raised by this new feature-length cartoon — antically directed by Chris Renaud and his co-director, Yarrow Cheney — are too deep and perplexing to be discussed in such crass commercial terms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2016
Certainly Poppy, the antically joyful heroine of “Happy-Go-Lucky,” was a radically free spirit, almost violent in her expressions of good feeling.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2010
Perpetua folded her arms in silence as Lycabetta descended the steps, but Robert danced up to the Neapolitan antically.
From The Proud Prince by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
