funnily

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fun

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English funny

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English funnily

From funny + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌnəli/

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Adverb

funnily (comparative more funnily, superlative most funnily)

1. In a funny or amusing manner.

   Synonym: amusingly

   • 2015 December 26, Victor Robert Farrell, Night-Whispers Vol 01-Q1-'Stirring Passions'‎^[1], Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 143:

     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. […]

2. In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence.

   Synonyms: funny (nonstandard), strangely, unexpectedly

   Who, Bob? I just ran into him last week, funnily enough.

   • 1982, Stephen Murgatroyd, Ray Woolfe, quoting a rape victim, “Some Physical Reactions”, in Coping with Crisis: Understanding and Helping People in Need, London: Harper & Row, →ISBN, part 2 (Crises), chapter 10 (Rape), page 126:

     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 . . .