funnily
Collocations
4ADJ.
enough, last, wrong
VERB + FUNNILY
breathing, find, hand, smiled
FUNNILY + NOUN
'it's, data, doctors, peculiar
ADV.
quite
Definitions
adv
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. […]
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 . . .
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adverb — in a strange manner
- queerly
- strangely
- oddly
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6In 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 laugh
WiktionaryWho, Bob? I just ran into him last week, funnily enough.
WiktionaryIt 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 . . .
WiktionaryA new bar has opened up near where I live. It's called "Wählbar", a German word. Funnily enough however, the staff can't pronounce it.
Tatoeba · #1586844In a popular sci-fi show, there are two android brothers funnily named Data and Lore.
Tatoeba · #4646422Vladimir smiled at Martha funnily.
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