humorous

Preposition: in

• nature: My work consists of mechanical narrative pieces that are humorous in nature.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Does its best to make tough stuff humorous and the walk-through of creating an applet is really relatively painless.

Modifies a noun

• anecdote: Lawrence of Arabia ). Between the selections of music he told several humorous anecdotes about the tribulations of being a film composer.
• interlude: Break up your day with humorous interludes, a long distance phone call, or by emailing your faraway friends.
• tale: Hartford then began a litany of humorous tales of his times spent with Monroe.
• monolog: His humorous monologs certainly ring true with what the late 80's / early 90's were all about.
• banter: They exchanged humorous banter with neither party revealing their true objective.
• cartoon: Easier on the eye, and complete with humorous cartoons!

Modifying Another Word

• darkly: The faded grandeur of Curzon Street Station provides an elegant backdrop to a darkly humorous work by German artist Eva Meyer Keller.
• blackly: Progress is halting and painful, but also triumphant and often blackly humorous.
• dryly: His nautical travelog is filled with poignant and dryly humorous snapshots of Scotland.
• wickedly: Both are wickedly humorous yet disturbing tales in which laughter seems to well up and then freeze in one's throat.
• gently: I love gently humorous stories, full of movement and body language.
• wonderfully: This should prove to be a wonderfully humorous and impressive Ceramic Showcase for all.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: The greeting of the angel of the Lord seems humorous in the extreme.
• remain: To this type of person no other novel can be so fascinating, yet remain humorous all the while.
• write: I'm truly inspired to write humorous, rhymed verse for children.
• create: In the 1960s the American designer Donald Claflin created humorous, figurative pieces such as the ' Dragon ' brooch included in the show.