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funny vs serious

funny

Definitions

adjective

  1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  2. experiencing odd bodily sensations
  3. not as expected
  4. arousing or provoking laughter

noun

  1. 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.

The watch on deck soon came to the conclusion that "sailoring" was not particularly funny at night, for there was a good deal of gaping, and not a little impatience for the eight bells that would relieve them for

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serious

Definitions

adjective

  1. of great consequence
  2. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
  3. appealing to the mind
  4. completely lacking in playfulness
  5. requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
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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.

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