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  • 31Adolfo Bioy Casares — fiction writer.Bioy Casares was born in Buenos Aires, the grandson of a wealthy landowner and dairy processor. His parents were keen alphabet enthusiasts, which explains their choice of his initials ABC . He wrote his first story ( Iris y… …

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  • 32funny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. amusing, droll, comic; absurd, laughable, mirth provoking, ludicrous; informal, strange, odd; ( pl.) comics. See wit, absurdity. Ant., unfunny. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stirring to laughter] Syn.… …

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  • 33waggery — n. (pl. ies) 1 waggish behaviour, joking. 2 a waggish action or remark, a joke …

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  • 34waggishly — adverb in a waggish manner • Derived from adjective: ↑waggish …

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  • 35waggishness — noun waggish behavior • Syn: ↑waggery • Derivationally related forms: ↑waggish • Hypernyms: ↑fun, ↑play, ↑sport …

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  • 36wag´gish|ness — wag|gish «WAG ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of making jokes. SYNONYM(S): jocular. 2. a) of or characteristic of a wag: »a waggish look. b) done or made in a spirit of waggery or mischievous fun; funny; humorous: »a waggish remark …

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  • 37wag´gish|ly — wag|gish «WAG ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of making jokes. SYNONYM(S): jocular. 2. a) of or characteristic of a wag: »a waggish look. b) done or made in a spirit of waggery or mischievous fun; funny; humorous: »a waggish remark …

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  • 38wag|gish — «WAG ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of making jokes. SYNONYM(S): jocular. 2. a) of or characteristic of a wag: »a waggish look. b) done or made in a spirit of waggery or mischievous fun; funny; humorous: »a waggish remark …

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  • 39wag|some — «WAG suhm», adjective. = waggish. (Cf. ↑waggish) …

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  • 40bantering facetious tongue-in-cheek witty — humourous humourous adj. same as {humorous}; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue in cheek, witty ; {boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish, zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable,… …

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