Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HU'MOR-OUS-LY, adv.

1. With a wild or grotesque combination of ideas; in a manner to excite laughter or mirth; pleasantly; jocosely. Addison describes humorously the manual exercise of ladies, fans.
2. Capriciously; whimsically; in conformity with one's humor. We resolve by halves, rashly and humorously. Calamy.