1. For centuries, thinkers from Aristotle to Darwin tried to discern the nature and origins of humor, only to have their ideas trail off without a punch line.

2. ‘The end comes Anticlimactically and the reader is left with no feeling of tenderness either.’ ‘Trashed, he ended up quitting the stage, leaving the band to trail off Anticlimactically.’ ‘We assume a stunning revelation about the murder is forthcoming, but the twist, when it finally arrives, is Anticlimactically …