Comic Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by comedy: comic opera. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to a person who acts in or writes comedy: a comic actor; a comic dramatist. |
| 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of comedy: comic situations; a comic sense. |
| 4. | provoking laughter; humorous; funny; laughable. |
–noun
| 8. | the comic, the element or quality of comedy in literature, art, drama, etc.: An appreciation of the comic came naturally to her. |
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