| 2026-03-28 | Like some humor that's more likely to elicit a chuckle than a guffaw |
| 2026-03-07 | Waggish |
| 2025-10-16 | *Risky endeavor, idiomatically |
| 2023-07-01 | "His ___ little mouth was drawn up like a bow" (line from "A Visit From St. Nicholas") |
| 2023-02-05 | Wryly comical |
| 2022-01-22 | Like some "Monty Python" humor |
| 2021-08-31 | Wryly humorous |
| 2019-12-16 | Wryly humorous |
| 2019-06-26 | Whimsically witty |
| 2016-11-15 | Like some humor |
| 2014-04-30 | Like Ogden Nash's verse |
| 2013-11-26 | Waggish |
| 2012-08-04 | Like wags |
| 2006-10-29 | Not laugh-out-loud funny, perhaps |
| 2005-09-18 | Whimsical |
| 2005-08-19 | À la Nash |
| 2004-02-26 | Dryly amusing |
| 2001-03-17 | Facetious |
| 1999-11-03 | Waggish |
| 1999-06-07 | Whimsically humorous |
| 1996-10-24 | Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas" |
| 1995-12-20 | Waggish |
| 1995-03-27 | Waggish |
| 1994-05-29 | Comical |
| 1993-11-28 | Waggish |