Is he movingly funny? (3)

I believe the answer is:

wag

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'is he movingly funny?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for wag that I've seen before include "card" , "Jocular person" , "The wit to move the tail" , "Vibrate; jester" , "Accompanying lovely" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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