amusingly
With humorous effect
Amusingly describes doing something in a way that provokes laughter or entertainment: The speaker amusingly recounted her disastrous first date.
It often signals that what follows is meant to be funny or ironic: Amusingly, the fire station burned down.
With mocking insincerity
- mockinglyIn a ridiculing manner
- wrylyWith dry humor
- satiricallyWith mocking wit
- facetiouslyIn a joking manner
tongue-in-cheek · sardonically · derisively · snarkily · caustically · bitingly · cuttingly · acerbically
With mental sharpness
- quipBrief, clever remark
- witticismClever, amusing remark
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- punWordplay using double meanings
epigram · repartee · wisecrack · drollery · aphorism · innuendo · jest · one-liner
Causing laughter
- funnyProvoking laughter or suspicion
- hilariousExtremely amusing
- laughableWorthy of derision
- comedicRelating to humor
entertaining · humorous · droll · ridiculous · absurd · farcical · slapstick · sidesplitting
In capricious, playful manner
- impishlyIn mischievous fashion
- mischievouslyIn a playfully naughty manner
- lightheartedlyIn carefree fashion
- cheerfullyIn a glad manner
merrily · gleefully · jauntily · sportively · friskily · cheekily · roguishly · puckishly
In a pleasing way
- enchantinglyIn a captivating manner
- endearinglyIn a lovable way
- winninglyIn an attractive manner
- captivatinglyIn an enchanting way
engagingly · disarmingly · fetchingly · quaintly · sweetly · appealingly · charmingly · pleasingly
sarcastically
With mocking insincerity
- mockinglyIn a ridiculing manner
- wrylyWith dry humor
- satiricallyWith mocking wit
facetiously · tongue-in-cheek · sardonically · derisively · snarkily · caustically · bitingly · cuttingly · acerbically · pointedly
cleverly
With mental sharpness
pun · epigram · repartee · wisecrack · drollery · aphorism · innuendo · jest · one-liner · retort
comical
Causing laughter
comedic · entertaining · humorous · droll · ridiculous · absurd · farcical · slapstick · sidesplitting · rib-tickling
whimsically
In capricious, playful manner
- impishlyIn mischievous fashion
- mischievouslyIn a playfully naughty manner
- lightheartedlyIn carefree fashion
cheerfully · merrily · gleefully · jauntily · sportively · friskily · cheekily · roguishly · puckishly · waggishly
delightfully
In a pleasing way
- enchantinglyIn a captivating manner
- endearinglyIn a lovable way
- winninglyIn an attractive manner
captivatingly · engagingly · disarmingly · fetchingly · quaintly · sweetly · appealingly · charmingly · pleasingly · genially
- sentence startersoddly, curiously, strangely, surprisingly, remarkably
amusinglyboringly
In an uninteresting manner
tediously · dully · monotonously · drearily · uninterestingly
amusinglydepressingly
In mood-lowering fashion
distressingly · sadly · unpleasantly · upsettingly · miserably
- mildly amusing
- amusing anecdotesBrief humorous accounts