funny

[fun·ny]

Something that is funny is amusing or comical. Comedians make their living being funny.

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Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

Adjective S.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "wh

Adjective S.
arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise"; "funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny writer"; "it would have been laughab

Adjective S.
not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

Adjective S.
experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"

Adverb
in a comical manner; "she acted comically"

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Adverb
in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny"


superl.
Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

n.
A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.


Funny

Fun"ny , a. [Compar. Funnier ; superl. Funniest.] [From Fun.] Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.

Funny

Fun"ny, n.; pl. Funnies . A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]

Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.

A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.

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Usage Examples

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.

All these jokes have been pre-approved as funny by me.

A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers... for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces.

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.

'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in.

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Other Usage Examples

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

A comedian's body is funny as well as his mind being funny, his whole personage is funny.

'Married with Children' was racy. It was sexist. It was a lot of things, but mostly it was funny.

And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me.

Also, in a funny way, if you have been happily married there are no unresolved areas, nothing to prove to yourself after the other dies.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

'Lucky' is for laughs, and there's really nothing funny that I'm doing on 'Dexter.' I think more than anything, both comment on the fact that anybody is capable of anything. Just because they are the shy guy in the corner doesn't mean that they are a harmless little bunny.

A film that I love is 'Raising Arizona' and that's funny but it's quite indie and weird and odd and quirky. I'd love to do something like that. Who knows?

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.

'A Bug's Life' is a really funny movie and the characters have such different personalities. The movie is happy and then gets really sad and I'm like, W'hoa, I'm feeling this way and this movie is about bugs!'

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