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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tragi-comic  \Trag`i-com"ic\,  Tragi-comical  \Trag`i-com"ic*al\, 
  a.  [Cf.  F.  tragi-comique.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  tragi-comedy;  partaking  of  grave  and 
  comic  scenes.  --  {Trag`-com"ic*al*ly},  adv 
 
  Julian  felt  toward  him  that  tragi-comic  sensation  which 
  makes  us  pity  the  object  which  excites  it  not  the  less 
  that  we  are  somewhat  inclined  to  laugh  amid  our 
  sympathy.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tragicomical 
  adj  1:  manifesting  both  tragic  and  comic  aspects;  "the  tragicomic 
  disparity...between's  man's  aspirations  and  his 
  accomplishments"-  B.R.Redman  [syn:  {tragicomic}] 
  2:  having  pathetic  as  well  as  ludicrous  characteristics;  "her 
  life...presented  itself  to  me  as  a  tragicomical 
  adventure"-  Joseph  Conrad"  [syn:  {tragicomic}] 




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