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Meanings of farcical in English

Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce.

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        Usage of farcical in English
        1
        A farcical energy deal has given rise to a new takeover tactic.
        Reuters
        2
        As film-makers start to outnumber potential subjects, the situation is becoming farcical.
        The Guardian
        3
        The TPP has been a farcical process from the beginning, he said.
        Radio NZ
        4
        The enemy still blazed away in the wildest and most farcical fashion.
        Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) / Lette...
        5
        This situation would be viewed as farcical if it weren't so horrifying.
        The Irish Times
        6
        Europa League gold, especially when unselfishness is rewarded in such farcical fashion.
        The Guardian
        7
        Also the farcical nature of the whole proceeding seemed to paralyse her.
        Beatrice
        8
        The farcical failure of Dr. Jameson was the outcome of those endeavours.
        Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) / The Conspiracy...
        9
        The unignorable truth though is that Kompany's plight is becoming near farcical.
        The Guardian
        10
        It needed only this to prove how farcical is the whole scheme.
        A Son of the Immortals
        11
        This is the latest in what has been a pretty farcical matter.
        The South African
        12
        The thing was done as easily as a piece of farcical comedy.
        Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
        13
        It was his own presence in the council chamber that was farcical.
        The bone palace
        14
        The Irish examinations for both branches of the legal profession are farcical.
        The Irish Times
        15
        A serious comedy about sex is taboo: a farcical comedy is privileged.
        Overruled
        16
        Was her role as the mommy storming the party something so farcical?
        Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
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        Ireland
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        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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