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# comical

adjective (comical, more comical, most comical)

«comical» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Comical means funny, especially in a silly or odd way that makes people laugh, often without meaning to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#m1)
2. Comical can also mean so silly or badly done that it is almost a joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it tells the reader that a sight or situation is funny: a comical hat, a comical fall, a comical face. It often describes something that is not trying to be funny but is. Phrases: comical sight, look comical, a comical mistake, almost comical.

### Examples

- The puppy looked comical in its tiny raincoat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#x1)
- Grandad pulled a comical face and the baby giggled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#x2)
- It was a comical sight: the clown slipping on a banana skin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#x3)
- The penguins waddled along in a comical line. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#x4)
- His excuse was so bad it was almost comical. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#x5)
- The cat's comical leap into the box made us all laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#x6)
- A very comical sight was Moti when he rode out to the war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/#x7)

### Note

Adjective; adverb: comically (comically large shoes). «Comical» and «comic» are close: a comic is also a noun (a comic book, a comedian), but «comical» is only an adjective. Comical often means funny without meaning to be, while «a comedy» is meant to be funny.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «comical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/comical.html) on Mova free.