Writing well can have several meanings in literature, but in professional environments I'd argue it has one meaning: Writing well is writing something clear, co

Writing well can have several meanings in literature, but in professional environments I'd argue it has one meaning: Writing well is writing something clear, concise, to the point. I worked with an engineer who wrote as you describe above ("hilariously") and it became incredibly tiring having to pick out the meaning of each correspondence. They took more time to read, and often important details were overlooked because they were hidden in a joke. I had to reply to nearly every message with my own summary: "So you're saying X, Y, and Z, is that correct?" Humor is wonderful, even in professional messages, as long as it doesn't detract from the messages being clear, concise, and to the point.