comedic
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of comedic
1630–40; < Latin cōmoedicus < Greek kōmōidikós, equivalent to kōmōid ( ía ) comedy + -ikos -ic
Explanation
If something makes you laugh out loud, it's comedic. If your teacher tells you to save your comedic skills for after school, he wants you to stop being the class clown. The adjective comedic can describe anything having to do with comedy, including comedic films that leave you roaring with laughter, the comedic timing of your favorite stand-up comedian, or the comedic touches you add to your essay for English class. Comedic is derived from the Greek kōmōidia, "an amusing spectacle."
Vocabulary lists containing comedic
Example Sentences
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The viewers’ hunger for easy comedic affirmation of human decency seems to be bottomless, so where’s the harm in going back to the original well, only this time with female athletes?
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Robert De Niro returns as Greg’s ever suspicious father-in-law in the latest entry in the comedic series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
For writer-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, Branagh's comedic talents were never in doubt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
At times Andrew Tate has also exaggerated and used hyperbole for "comedic effect" with no intention to be taken seriously, the submission argues.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The experience had been thrust upon her with no warning, as if she were a character in a comedic French play.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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