fun·ny

(fŭn′ē)

adj. fun·ni·er, fun·ni·est

a. Causing laughter or amusement: a funny cartoon.

b. Making or given to making amusing jokes or witticisms: a colleague who is very funny.

c. Appropriate as the subject of a joke; deserving of a joke. Used in negative sentences to express disapproval or to emphasize the seriousness of something: There is nothing funny about getting the flu.

a. Difficult to account for; unusual or odd: I had a funny feeling that she would call.

b. Suspiciously odd: It's funny how I seem to lose something every time he comes around.

3. Counterfeit or fraudulent: tried to pass off funny money as legitimate.

4. Informal Somewhat ill, painful, or abnormal: I felt funny after eating those clams."a mole on his arm that has started to go funny" (Ann Cummins).

5. Informal

a. Offensively forward or disrespectful: She told him off after he started to get funny.

b. Contrary to one's demands or expectations: Don't let the prisoners do anything funny.

n. pl. fun·nies Informal

1. A joke; a witticism: "He laughed because he did not know I was not making a funny" (Jonathan Safran Foer).

2. funnies

a. Comic strips.

b. The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.

[From fun.]

fun′ni·ly adv.

fun′ni·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adv.

funnily - in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"

queerly, strangely, oddly

Translations

بصورة مُضْحِكَه

legračnězábavně

morsomtskægt

komisch

bizarrement risiblement

mulatságosan

skemmtilega

stranamente

žartovne

işe bak kiişin tuhafıne tuhaftır ki

奇怪地好笑地

funnily

[ˈfʌnɪlɪ] ADV

1. (= amusingly) → con gracia

2. (= oddly) → de forma extraña, de forma rara
he was behaving rather funnily that day → ese día se estaba comportando de forma extraña or rara
funnily enough → aunque parezca extraño ...
funnily enough, it doesn't bother her at all → aunque parezca extraño, no le molesta en absoluto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

funnily

[ˈfʌnɪli] adv
funnily enough → bizarrement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

funnily

adv

(= strangely) → komisch, merkwürdig; funnily enough → komischerweise, merkwürdigerweise

(= amusingly) → amüsant

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

funnily

[ˈfʌnɪlɪ] adv

a. → in modo divertente

b. (oddly) → stranamente
funnily enough → strano a dirsi, per una strana coincidenza

fun

(fan) noun

enjoyment; a good time. They had a lot of fun at the party; Isn't this fun!

ˈfunny adjective

1. amusing; making one laugh. a funny story.

2. strange; peculiar. I heard a funny noise.

ˈfunnily adverb

fun and games

activities that are good fun. But I have to warn you, this job is not all fun and games!

for fun

as a joke; for amusement. The children threw stones for fun.

in fun

as a joke; not seriously. I said it in fun.

make fun of

to laugh at (someone, usually unkindly). They made fun of her.