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Smartly vs Humorously - What's the difference?

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Smartly is a related term of humorously.


As adverbs the difference between smartly and humorously

is that smartly is in a smart manner while humorously is in a humorous manner; jocularly.

smartly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In a smart manner.
  • :
  • Quickly.
  • *
  • *:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
  • Intelligently.
  • humorously

    English

    Alternative forms

    * humourously

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a humorous manner; jocularly
  • He always managed to make people laugh at the tea table - he could pull faces so humorously .

    Synonyms

    * jocularly * jokingly * amusingly

    Antonyms

    * seriously * straight-lacedly