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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. light and humorous drama with a happy ending;

2. a comic incident or series of incidents;
[syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comedy \Com"e*dy\, n.; pl. Comedies. [F. com['e]die, L. comoedia, fr. Gr. ?; ? a jovial festivity with music and dancing, a festal procession, an ode sung at this procession (perh. akin to ? village, E. home) + ? to sing; for comedy was originally of a lyric character. See Home, and Ode.] A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy. [1913 Webster] With all the vivacity of comedy. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Are come to play a pleasant comedy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.] 1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. [1913 Webster] A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest. "The drama of war." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster] The drama and contrivances of God's providence. --Sharp. [1913 Webster] 3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature. [1913 Webster] Note: The principal species of the drama are tragedy and comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy, melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces. [1913 Webster] The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds. Dramatic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

comedy n 1: light and humorous drama with a happy ending [ant: tragedy] 2: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness]