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Cartoonish vs Cartoonishly - What's the difference?

cartoonish | cartoonishly |

Cartoonishly is a derived term of cartoonish.



As an adjective cartoonish

is exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon.

As an adverb cartoonishly is

in a cartoonish manner; thus, in a comical or exaggerated way.

cartoonish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exaggerated or caricatured, in the manner of a cartoon
    • She was grinning a big, cartoonish grin.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=August 21 , author=Jason Heller , title=The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Since first tossing its cartoonish , good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.}}

    Synonyms

    * cartoony

    Derived terms

    * cartoonishly

    cartoonishly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a cartoonish manner; thus, in a comical or exaggerated way
    • She smiled cartoonishly .