farcicality

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far·ci·cal

(fär′sĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to farce.

a. Resembling a farce; ludicrous.

b. Ridiculously clumsy; absurd.

far′ci·cal′i·ty (-kăl′ĭ-tē), far′ci·cal·ness n.

far′ci·cal·ly adv.

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farcicality

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The quality of being laughable or comical:

comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wit, wittiness, zaniness.

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