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Funny

adjective

(compar. funnier; superl. funniest)

1.

Arousing or provoking laughter. Synonyms: amusing, comic, comical, laughable, mirthful, risible. "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 laughable if it hadn't hurt so much" , "A mirthful experience" , "Risible courtroom antics"

2.

Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. Synonyms: curious, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular. "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" , "What a rum fellow" , "Singular behavior"

3.

Not as expected. Synonyms: fishy, shady, suspect, suspicious. "Up to some funny business" , "Some definitely queer goings-on" , "A shady deal" , "Her motives were suspect" , "Suspicious behavior"

4.

Experiencing odd bodily sensations.

noun

(pl. funnies)

1.

An account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line). Synonyms: funny remark, funny story, good story. "She made a funny"

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"Funny" Quotes from Famous Books

... word I don't know. I never thought to inquire. You may question him to your heart's content when you get home. There is a funny story connected with him, which I will tell you sometime. Meantime let me rest and tell me ...

— Three People • Pansy

... the beats. On this occasion we induced Heblett to lend us his famed drum; so that with a monkey's and a clown's costumes, and a drum, we were in a fair way of business. We had intended that the show should consist of Spencer lifting heavy weights, and I was to amuse the audience with jokes and funny stories. We went up to Haworth, engaged the rooms from Mrs Stangcliffe, and borrowed the landlady's bed-curtains to hang across the room to form a screen and so make the place look something like a show-room. For footlights ...

— Adventures and Recollections • Bill o'th' Hoylus End

... during which she had to get up every morning at five, travel all day, and spend every evening at receptions and theatrical performances. She added that the programme of the festivities at Strasbourg had just been submitted to her for her orders. "I can't tell you, dear papa," she said, "how funny it seems to me, who have never had any will of my own, to have to give orders." At Strasbourg she had the pleasure of meeting Count Metternich, who had left Vienna March 12, and after stopping at many German courts, was ...

— The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise • Imbert De Saint-Amand

... of something funny," said Joseph, paling slightly as he observed the stern expression of ...

— Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica • John Kendrick Bangs

... funny," said Patty, that same afternoon, "to be tying up these things almost two weeks ahead of time. But with all the newspapers and magazines urging you to do your shopping early, and send off your parcels early, you can't ...

— Patty's Social Season • Carolyn Wells

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