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seriocomic

Word definitions for seriocomic in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Having both serious and comedic qualities or tendencies.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also serio-comic , 1749 (implied in seriocomical ), a blend of serious + comic .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having a mixture of serious with the comic with comic predominating; "a seriocomic novel" [syn: seriocomical ]

Usage examples of seriocomic.

As soon as I saw Tiretta, I began with a seriocomic air to reproach him for the dreadful crime he had committed on the body of a lady in every way virtuous and respectable, but the mad fellow began to laugh, and it would have been waste of time for me to try to stop him.

BREEN: You were the lion of the night with your seriocomic recitation and you looked the part.

After a few more interchanges and some seriocomic pantomime on the part of Keikano who now stood a pace behind his minister, Crispin Reventlo dirust out his hand.

Ahead of me the maid had backed off and was peering into the cul-de-sac with a seriocomic expression of confusion and fright.

Mandrake guessed that this seriocomic gesture was foreign to her, and applauded her courage.

Then he speaks, in another access of seriocomic hyperbole, of the death of Countess Du Barry on the guillotine.

It became evident that these seriocomic fantasies, ostensibly aimed at children, enjoyed a large and enthusiastic readership among adults.

Veteran pro Brewer keeps the wheels turning throughout this seriocomic thriller, in spirit somewhere between between a Westlake and a Westlake-as-Richard-Stark.