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Meanings of risible in English

Arousing or provoking laughter.

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      Examples for "funny"
      1
      He told funny stories about selling real estate; he asked good questions.
      Happiness key
      2
      Donald Dewar said, 'This should be interesting' in that funny Donaldish way.
      A journey: my political life
      3
      Nothing had happened yet, in Ireland-is that a funny thing to say?
      The gathering
      4
      The bit is really quite funny, particularly for an 80s computer commercial.
      Wired
      5
      I'd have to work quick.' She added, 'It's not funny at all.
      Travels With My Aunt
      1
      I've recently played an amusing new party game called Which Minister Said?
      The Irish Times
      2
      Sabina smiled, pleased that he found their situation amusing rather than irritating.
      A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
      3
      But the dream was amusing; I was in no haste to wake.
      The Helmet of Navarre
      4
      I found an amusing example on the label of a popular antacid.
      Wicca Spellcraft For Men
      5
      At one level this is amusing polemic and is perhaps best ignored.
      The Irish Times
      1
      I have no problem distinguishing between comic book reality and our reality.
      Wired
      2
      Indeed, however comic, almost all the letters published to date are sneers.
      The Irish Times
      3
      However, her impeccable comic timing and captivating stage presence carry the day.
      The Irish Times
      4
      In the comic book, Chance takes the place of the intended victim.
      Reuters
      5
      To the point where Tim Heidecker's character was almost entirely comic relief.
      Wired
      1
      But the reality of being addicted to shopping is far from comical.
      The Guardian
      2
      A comical look at the past week with Radar and Irene Pink.
      Radio NZ
      3
      Passages in his letters are almost comical in their perversity of misjudgment.
      The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
      4
      It's a pretty simple concept, but what's comical are the search results.
      Wired
      5
      He only saw the comical side of the incident and cried laughingly:
      Shallow Soil
      1
      He finds laughable the idea that political freedom is a Western construct.
      Reuters
      2
      That is the laughable idea the Turnbull government would have you believe.
      The Guardian
      3
      Claude seemed barely real to me: a paper clown, innocuous and laughable.
      The Girls
      4
      North Korea has dismissed the offer of multilateral security guarantees as laughable.
      The Irish Times
      5
      He could see nothing laughable about the desperate situation in the district.
      Seven Icelandic Short Stories
      1
      The others perked up their ears in mirthful appreciation of this language.
      Active Service
      2
      Hear the malediction with which Elisha cursed the insolent and mirthful children.
      The Queen Pedauque
      3
      A mirthful spirit pervaded the room and the usual order was wanting.
      The Measure of a Man
      4
      The smile he summoned to his lips was more quizzical than mirthful.
      As It Was in the Beginning
      5
      Ida could scarcely disguise her pleasure, and with mirthful eyes she said:
      A Face Illumined
      Usage of risible in English
      1
      The very idea of such a project is to me infinitely risible.
      Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos / T...
      2
      Even the swankiest establishments are falling over themselves to invent risible alternatives.
      The Irish Times
      3
      He is no longer risible, nor, perhaps, capable of reason and society.
      Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete
      4
      Aside from the risible script and potty plot, we have rubbish acting.
      The Guardian
      5
      The idea of Beijing as a green city was always risible.
      The Guardian
      6
      But he needs to be careful, because ambition can make you risible too.
      The Guardian
      7
      The corporations getting involved in football now are less visible and less risible.
      The Irish Times
      8
      Another sideshoot of this particular evolutionary branch has been the risible Walks With.
      The Guardian
      9
      The European Commission's teaser to persuade young women to become scientists is risible.
      The Guardian
      10
      Whether you found it risible or thrilling, it was hard to look away.
      Independent.ie
      11
      The notion that an independent Scotland will be parochial is risible.
      The Guardian
      12
      Annette declined to laugh at the most risible caricatures of Tinman.
      Complete Short Works of George Meredith
      13
      Being a good-humoured fellow, and of a risible nature, the alternations were frequent.
      Ungava
      14
      Then the Pulitzer proves its status as the risible imprimatur of middlebrow mediocrity.
      The Guardian
      15
      The physician smiled, mine host smiled; it was impossible to suppress the risible faculties.
      Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
      16
      The idea that vested interests have prevented the appointment of more consultants is risible.
      The Irish Times
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