camply
adverb
informalmainlyUKuk/ˈkæmp.li/us/ˈkæmp.li/(USusuallycampily)in acampway(=creatinghumourby usingbrightcolours,loudsounds,unusualbehaviour, etc.):
Shopwindowmannequinswereposedcamply attablesin and around thebar.
in a way that somepeoplethinkistypicalof agayman:
He's everyone'sfavouritecamplydapperraconteur.
- The camply transgressivedirectorwas one of agroupof taboo-shatteringyoungfilm-makers.
- Theatricalquotationsaredeliveredcamply by apantomimedame.
Humour & humorous
- amusingly
- barrel
- blackly
- bone dryidiom
- bring
- broadness
- droll
- facetious
- hilarious
- joker
- jokester
- photobomb
- photobombing
- playfully
- playfulness
- priceless
- rib-tickling
- ridiculous
- scream
- uproarious
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