comical

[kom-i-kuh l] /ˈkɒm ɪ kəl/
adjective
1.
producing laughter; amusing; funny:
a comical fellow.
2.
Obsolete. pertaining to or of the nature of comedy.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English; see comic, -al1
Related forms
comicality, comicalness, noun
comically, adverb
noncomical, adjective
noncomically, adverb
noncomicalness, noun
noncomicality, noun
quasi-comical, adjective
quasi-comically, adverb
semicomical, adjective
semicomically, adverb
uncomical, adjective
uncomically, adverb
Can be confused
comedic, comic, comical.
Synonyms
1. See amusing.
Examples from the web for comical
  • comical yet sad that the crisis is so absurd that such jokes can be made.
  • Some of the debris and damage left by the tsunami is almost comical.
  • With the bugs, they're so strange and far out, they're comical.
  • The gimmick here is that you can actually create your own character when it begins, by picking a comical head and body.
  • While the plates may seem comical to casual observers, for law enforcement, they're a warning sign.
  • It was almost comical to see these clones rushing around.
  • The thought of often-described-but-rarely-seen bureaucratic efficiency somehow easing the plight of the poor is comical.
  • Their diminutive sizes makes the bodies look rather comical when the larger lenses are affixed.
  • It is a character that hauntingly emerges out of a disarmingly comical film.
  • It's pretty comical really, everyone's playing the system.
British Dictionary definitions for comical

comical

/ˈkɒmɪkəl/
adjective
1.
causing laughter
2.
ludicrous; laughable
Derived Forms
comically, adverb
comicalness, noun
Word Origin and History for comical
adj.

early 15c., "comic," from comic (or Latin comicus) + -al (1). Meaning "funny" is from 1680s. Earlier Middle English had an identical word meaning "epileptic," from Latin morbus comitialis "epilepsy."