Crossword clues for gilbertian
gilbertian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gilbertian \Gilbertian\ prop. a.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the style of William S. Gilbert; as, Gilbertian libretti.
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Wildly comic and improbable, as in Gilbert and Sullivan operas; as, Gilbertian coincidences.
a Gilbertian world people with foundlings and changelings.
--T. C. Worsley
humourous \humourous\ adj. same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany; comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll, waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious ; {jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; merry, mirthful; seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic, tragicomical ; {killing, sidesplitting] Also See: pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
Usage examples of "gilbertian".
And that this company of unassailable authenticity, still conscious of the burning eye of Sir William Gilbert on every move it makes, is to be here in two weeks' time, and will do just about everything one could wish to see, in the true Gilbertian style, and that we can drink it all in and be refreshed?