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- adverb In a
punny manner.
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Examples
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Writing about the death of the CCA seal more than a half-century after McCarthyism, my colleague-in-comics Glen Weldon punnily begins his NPR blog thusly: Superfriends, Ronin, Comet Men, lend me your ears.
QUICK-TIME GALLERY: The 7 Things We Most 'LIKE' Today Michael Cavna 2011
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The daily deadlines don't hurt, either. ats and dogs don†™ t live together in “The Unscratchables, †a parody police procedural that deftly and punnily mixes the tropes of the genre with a world in which dogs are downtrodden curs segregated from the cream of cat society, but they do rub along in a way that†™ ll raise the hairs on the back on anyone†™ s neck.
Bill Peschel 2010
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Throughout, he offers punnily boxed Blochbuster Tips, like "The Sell it, Sistah, Pile."
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You don't want anything to do with these disgusting, cute, and punnily named creatures.
1UP RSS feed 2010
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Throughout, he offers punnily boxed Blochbuster Tips, like "The Sell it, Sistah, Pile."
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I would rather do my taxes, have a root canal, and clean my bathroom than watch Carrie hem and haw about Big while shopping for Manolos and writing punnily irritating columns about love and dating.
BuddyTV 2009
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Ranging from "health" to "cash," each of your five attributes can either be leveled up for later or used to incite battles against punnily named foes for profit - the choice is ultimately up to you.
1UP RSS feed 2009
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Ranging from "health" to "cash," each of your five attributes can either be leveled up for later or used to incite battles against punnily named foes for profit - the choice is ultimately up to you.
1UP RSS feed 2009
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Ranging from "health" to "cash," each of your five attributes can either be leveled up for later or used to incite battles against punnily named foes for profit - the choice is ultimately up to you.
1UP RSS feed 2009
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Rep. Lee punnily emphasized the importance of "being for REAL about sex ed."
Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union 2009
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