tragicomedy
noun
a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
tragicomically
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a word derived from
tragicomedy.
Example Sentences
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“Raising Raffi” is strewn with such moments, in which Gessen’s try-hard work ethic seems so tragicomically mismatched to the project that he wonders if it’s worth trying at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
The conference received immediate backlash that now seems tragicomically quaint.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2020
We had a brief discussion of where our relationship was heading, but we were both so distracted by the tragicomically poor timing that we could not concentrate on the conversation.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2016
That outlandish, exuberant chronicle of a tragicomically doomed family won its author the worldwide acclaim he continues to receive.
From Time Magazine Archive
