funnily
/ˈfʌnəli/
funnily adverb: in a funny or amusing manner.
Adverb
funnily (comparative more funnily, superlative most funnily)
- In a funny or amusing manner.
- In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […]2015 December 26, Victor Robert Farrell, Night-Whispers Vol 01-Q1-'Stirring Passions', Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 143
- Synonyms:
- amusingly
- In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence.
- Who, Bob? I just ran into him last week, funnily enough.
- It hurts to swallow and to eat . . . sometimes, I find myself breathing funnily. The doctors have not found anything, even after the X-ray, but I feel that there is something physically wrong . . .1982, Stephen Murgatroyd, Ray Woolfe, quoting a rape victim, “Some Physical Reactions”, in Coping with Crisis: Understanding and Helping People in Need, London: Harper & Row, →ISBN, part 2 (Crises)...
- Synonyms:
- funny, strangely, unexpectedly
funnily meaning in Malayalam
funnily in Malayalam
- തമാശയായി, വിപരീതാർത്ഥത്തിൽ
Synonyms of funnily
Forms of funnily
| comparative | more funnily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most funnily |
Origin of funnily
From funny + -ly.
Questions about funnily
- What does funnily mean?
- Funnily means in a funny or amusing manner.
- What is funnily in Malayalam?
- Funnily in Malayalam is തമാശയായി, വിപരീതാർത്ഥത്തിൽ. See Funnily meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is funnily?
- Funnily is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce funnily?
- Funnily is pronounced /ˈfʌnəli/.
Words near funnily in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: funnily (page history and authors); funnily (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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