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—comedically, adv./keuh mee"dik, -med"ik/, adj.of, pertaining to, or of the nature of comedy.Also, comedical.[1630-40; < L comoedicus < Gk komoidikós, equiv. to komoid(ía) COMEDY + -ikos -IC]
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