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Answer for the clue "Lacking humour, though mostly funny ", 7 letters:
without

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Without \With*out"\, conj. Unless; except; -- introducing a clause. You will never live to my age without you keep yourselves in breath with exercise, and in heart with joyfulness. --Sir P. Sidney. Note: Now rarely used by good writers or speakers.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Without " is the second episode of the eighth season of the science fiction television series The X-Files . The episode first aired in the United States and Canada on November 12, 2000 on Fox and subsequently aired in the United Kingdom on February 18, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English wiðutan "outside of, from outside," literally "against the outside" (opposite of within ), see with + out (adv.). As a word expressing lack or want of something (opposite of with ), attested from c.1200. In use by late 14c. as a conjunction, ...

Usage examples of without.

New Riviera was entirely too accommodating to imported species to allow anything out into the wild without official approval, where it would like as not reproduce and thrive like mad.

Of course I intended to send back her letters, but not without the accompaniment of a billet-doux, the gallantry of which was not likely to please her.

Cockle sang two songs without accompaniment, for he was not willing to risk either his hands or his instruments by exposure to the chilling wind.

I could not take upon myself either to let her go to Naples without me, or to accompany her there.

To accomplish this design, he studied to protect his industrious subjects, and to moderate the violence, without enervating the valor, of his soldiers, who were maintained for the public defence.

But he was gone, and even being without him would not stop her from accomplishing what was necessary.

Without them, under traditional accounting the company could miss the earnings targets Wall Street was projecting for the year just ended.

As an accredited representative of my government, I could hardly be accused of doing such a thing without conclusive proof.

Some Necromances reached their accreditation Trial without knowing what face Death would take, I was lucky.

It is, however, extremely difficult to observe, and even harder to measure accurately, without sophisticated instrumentation.

Therein lies the problem: textbooks cannot report accurately on the six foreign interventions described in this chapter without mentioning that the U.

Notwithstanding the clearest evidence of his integrity, which was not impeached even by the voice of an accuser, Lucian was condemned, almost without a trial, to suffer a cruel and ignominious punishment.

I thought her advice wise, and I followed it, and having the wind behind me I got to the casino without trouble, and slept till broad day.

As its manifesto and program are practically identical with those of the Communist Party of America, while all its members are likewise affiliated with the Third or Moscow International, the foregoing characterization of the Communist Party applies without essential modification to the Communist Labor Party.

The Senate and the president could begin by jointly appointing a nonpartisan commission to gather the names of the two dozen or so most distinguished lawyers and judges in the nation, assessed by peer review under the broadest criterion of greatness, without regard to party affiliation, race, gender, ideology, or other such factors.