mildly comic

Frequency: 4.81.5 per million words

Suggests a gentle, not intense, form of humor.

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Examples (10)

  • The situation was mildly comic, with everyone trying to speak at once.
  • The film has some mildly comic moments, but it's mostly a drama.
  • He had a mildly comic look of confusion on his face.
  • The novel's tone is often mildly comic, poking fun at social conventions.
  • What started as a serious discussion soon became a mildly comic argument.
  • I found his attempts to assemble the furniture to be mildly comic.
  • The formal dinner had its share of mildly comic mishaps.
  • Her exaggerated description of the event was mildly comic.
  • The play explores serious themes, interspersed with mildly comic scenes for relief.
  • Looking back, our first attempt at building a website was a mildly comic failure.