funny vs serious
Definitions
adjective
- beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
- experiencing odd bodily sensations
- not as expected
- arousing or provoking laughter
noun
- an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
Examples
I think it's certainly quite a lot of the comedy that I've been involved in is quite extreme, if you like, and the extremity is part of what's funny about it.
We laugh a lot and he has many anecdotes, funny, funny stories.
Here in India, especially in relatively small cities like Dehra Doon, it feels like half magic a lot of the time and the only way to live through the muddles is to be determined to find them funny.
Definitions
adjective
- of great consequence
- concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
- appealing to the mind
- completely lacking in playfulness
- requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
Examples
The only seriously bad bit is that you become less agile and less strong.
Moreover some parts of gain will devolute to Italian Red Cross seriously employed in the disastrous earthquake land that hit the middle lands of Italia few weeks ago.
He did his final piece of serious work on Tuesday morning, which was grand, and we have just kept him ticking over with a couple of canters.
