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- adverb UK, uncommon, nonstandard Alternative spelling of
humorously .
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Examples
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There's just something humourously badass about the concept of mixing British gangster movies with vampire flicks. blog comments powered by Disqus
Movie Trailer: Dead Cert - Gangsters vs. Vampires | /Film 2010
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Barbadian diaspora blogger Doan Mind Me, on the other hand, seems unconcerned, writing a humourously quirky post - which he calls the “book of Pork-etry” - suggesting, with a vigourous nod to George Orwell's Animal Farm, that the swine of the world are somehow getting their comeuppance:
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The North American distributor of the device is, rather humourously, called “Kids Be Gone.”
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The North American distributor of the device is, rather humourously, called “Kids Be Gone.”
A Perfect Device For Unruly Youth? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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The last was meant humourously too following on from what you said yesterday... though reading it again I appologise.
Touching Duh Void juliette 2009
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Comedian Sarah Silverman talks global warming and humourously exposes the "very convenient truth" about the impact of climate change on our lives.
Archive 2007-02-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007
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On a similar note, my parents also like to remind me that I am more suited for legal work than professional writing, so your anecdote felt humourously familiar.
Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009
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As non-partisan writer Graeme of Nunc Scio pens humourously: “If anyone can make a coherent argument as to why the rise of a coalition government was a grassroots victory and not a backroom political deal, I will give that person a unicorn.”
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As non-partisan writer Graeme of Nunc Scio pens humourously: “If anyone can make a coherent argument as to why the rise of a coalition government was a grassroots victory and not a backroom political deal, I will give that person a unicorn.”
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The film shows an office team building event in the middle of nowhere going disasterously, and quite humourously, wrong ....
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