More definitions of "funny":
- (adv): In a comical manner.
Synonyms: comically
- (adj): Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected.
Example: "Her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"
Synonyms: curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular
- (adv): In a strange manner.
Example: "He acted kind of funny"
Synonyms: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily
- (adj): Not as expected.
Example: "Up to some funny business"
Synonyms: fishy, queer, shady, suspect, suspicious
- (adj): Experiencing odd bodily sensations.
Example: "Told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest"
Famous quotes containing the word funny:
“For me, it’s enough! They’ve been here long enough—maybe too long. It’s a funny thing, though. All these years Fred was too busy to have much time for the kids, now he’s the one who’s depressed because they’re leaving. He’s really having trouble letting go. He wants to gather them around and keep them right here in this house.”
—Anonymous Parent. As quoted in Women of a Certain Age, by Lillian B. Rubin, ch. 2 (1979)
“So you finally got wise to yourself, did you? Funny thing about you women. Most of you don’t get wise soon enough. You wait until you’re so old nobody want you.... You’re not so hard to look at. Give yourself a tumble, you’ll make the grade.”
—Willis Goldbeck (1900–1979)
“This funny thing called love.”
—Cole Porter (1893–1964)