funniest

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌni.ɪst/, /ˈfʌnɪ.ɪst/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈfʊnɪ.ɪst/
• (US, without Rosa's roses merger) enPR: fŭn′ēĭst, IPA^(key): /ˈfʌni.ɪst/
• (Rosa's roses merger) enPR: fŭn′ēəst, IPA^(key): /ˈfʌni.əst/

Adjective

funniest

1. superlative form of funny: most funny
   • 1958 February, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:

     Set against the background of the American civil war, with Keaton a cunning but unskilled driver, unaided, of the ponderous giant of a locomotive, it remains not only probably the funniest film about railways ever made, but one of the funniest silent films to retain its comic power over today's more sophisticated audiences.

Adverb

funniest

1. superlative form of funny: most funny