punningly
In wordplay fashion
In a manner that makes or suggests a pun—a play on words exploiting multiple meanings or similar sounds: The restaurant was punningly named "Wok This Way".
The word often signals that a pun is intentional rather than accidental: She punningly described the bakery's success as "on a roll".
With clever humor
- cleverlyWith mental sharpness
- humorouslyIn an amusing manner
- jokinglyIn a humorous manner
- playfullyIn a fun-loving way
tongue-in-cheek · facetiously · waggishly · drolly · comically · amusingly · teasingly · cheekily
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- malapropismSound-alike word confusion
- paronomasiaRhetorical use of puns
- homophoneIdentically pronounced, differently spelled word
homonym · double-entendre · spoonerism · epigram · wordsmith · satirically · alliteratively · rhetorically
wittily
With clever humor
- cleverlyWith mental sharpness
- humorouslyIn an amusing manner
- jokinglyIn a humorous manner
playfully · tongue-in-cheek · facetiously · waggishly · drolly · comically · amusingly · teasingly · cheekily · lightheartedly
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- portmanteauWord combining two others
- malapropismSound-alike word confusion
- paronomasiaRhetorical use of puns
homophone · homonym · double-entendre · spoonerism · epigram · wordsmith · satirically · alliteratively · rhetorically · wit
setup
How something is arranged
deadpan · timing · delivery · standup · skit · sitcom · zingers · catchphrase · callback · self-aware
punninglyliterally
In exact terms
straightforwardly · plainly · directly · unambiguously · clearly