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UK
/fˈʌni/
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[ US /ˈfəni/ ]
[ US /ˈfəni/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
her speech has a funny twang
a curious hybrid accent
had an odd name
singular behavior
something definitely queer about this town
the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
they have some funny ideas about war
what a rum fellow -
experiencing odd bodily sensations
told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest -
not as expected
a shady deal
some definitely queer goings-on
her motives were suspect
suspicious behavior
up to some funny business
there was something fishy about the accident -
arousing or provoking laughter
a mirthful experience
risible courtroom antics
a comical look of surprise
it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt so much
an amusing fellow
a comic hat
an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
a very funny writer
funny stories that made everybody laugh
NOUN
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an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
she made a funny
she told a funny story
How To Use funny In A Sentence
- 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 Sun
- 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.
- 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 Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
- Rose doubled over when Facer walked in wearing his funny clothes.
- I'm pleased I didn't get that job, in a funny sort of way.
- Some of the jokes were rude, others corny, and some a tad funny.
- I'm not being funny, but we haven't got much time.
- Rupert Grint is adorable as a wuss (his sleeptalking "tapdancing spiders" bit? so funny). Evolver Diary Entry
- This is particularly true of the film's climax, which somehow manages to demolish several cop cars, and find Ellen clutching a parasail and jumping through flaming hoops in water skis, yet still be completely unfunny.
