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funny
1[ fuhn-ee ]
adjective
a funny remark;
a funny person.
Synonyms: humorous, facetious, witty, droll, ridiculous, farcical, comic, diverting
- attempting to amuse; facetious:
Did you really mean that or were you just being funny?
- warranting suspicion; deceitful; underhanded:
We thought there was something funny about those extra charges.
- Informal. insolent; impertinent:
Don't get funny with me, young man!
Her speech has a funny twang.
noun
- Informal. a funny remark or story; a joke:
to make a funny.
- funnies,
- Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc.
funny
2[ fuhn-ee ]
noun
- a shell or light skiff rowed by one person with sculls.
funny
/ ˈfʌnɪ /
adjective
- causing amusement or laughter; humorous; comical
- peculiar; odd
- suspicious or dubious (esp in the phrase funny business )
- informal.faint or ill
to feel funny
noun
- informal.a joke or witticism
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Derived Forms
- ˈfunnily, adverb
- ˈfunniness, noun
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Other Words From
- funni·ly adverb
- funni·ness noun
- un·funni·ly adverb
- un·funni·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
- fun
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Example Sentences
Not only had the iconic comedian sexually assaulted many, many women, Maher argued, “I never thought he was funny.”
The taste of metal cutlery after years of plastic can also taste funny.
But as is her way, Kaling defended why the episode was not only funny, but necessary.
He was funny and self-effacing, though prone to fits of anger.
Pryor was famous for being funny, even as his life was far from funny.
May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
We were speaking of the faculty of mimicry, and he told me such a funny little anecdote about Chopin.
He looked up, half shutting his one funny eye, and cocking one ear up, and letting the other droop down.
I am an easiful old pagan, and I am not angry with you at all—you funny, little champion of the Most High.
He walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.
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