"And these people are laughably backward.
"Once a Greech"
Evelyn E. Smith
The girl flung her strong young arms above her head, and brought down her clenched fists in a laughably vehement way.
"Then Marched the Brave"
Harriet T. Comstock
They have significant names for everything, and a nickname for every one, and some of the latter are laughably appropriate.
"Roughing it in the Bush"
Susanna Moodie