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  • adverb In a humorless manner; lacking levity or humor.

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  • adverb in a humorless manner

Etymologies

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humorless +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • I have been following the thread, and i dont see what points were "humorlessly" missed.

    Pharyngula 2009

  • Â She says that the Captain must have put them together for a reason, and Walker humorlessly informs her, “He put us together because no one else will ride with either of us.”

    Review: Powers #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

  • “Where is it, S-Two?” the colonel demanded humorlessly.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • “Where is it, S-Two?” the colonel demanded humorlessly.

    Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

  • “Blue is really my color,” Michael jokes, humorlessly.

    THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010

  • Instead, I am left to wonder, humorlessly, how we got to be in this American place of demanding the social defense of "lightening everything up" in our responses to reality.

    Dr. Cheryl Pappas: Lighten Up and Let The Good Times Roll 2010

  • I interviewed Dumont some years ago when L'Humanite (what's your view of that, James?) came out, and he was talking, humorlessly, of making a musical then.

    GreenCine Daily: Rendez-Vous. 7. 2007

  • He laughed humorlessly and added, I cannot decide which it is, a triumph of will or its failure.

    The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

  • Other times he would laugh humorlessly, shaking his head ruefully as he scribbled furiously upon his pad.

    The Monstrumologist William James Henry 2009

  • So I'm reluctant to see the material handled so matter-of-factly and humorlessly.

    With "Precious," believe all the hype Reel Fanatic 2009

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