comical

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

arousing or provoking laughter“an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls”“an amusing fellow”“a comic hat”“a comical look of surprise”“funny stories that made everybody laugh”“a very funny writer”“it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much”“a mirthful experience”“risible courtroom antics”Synonyms: amusing comic funny laughable mirthful risible

Comical \Com"ic*al\, a.

1.Relating to comedy. [1913 Webster]

They deny it to be tragical because its catastrophe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical.— Gay.[1913 Webster]

2.Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. "Comical adventures." --Dryden.

Syn: Humorous; laughable; funny. See Droll. -- Com"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Com"ic*al"ness, n. [1913 Webster]