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What (who) is funnily - definition
funnily
You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
Funnily enough I can remember what I had for lunch on July 5th, 1906, but I've forgotten what I had for breakfast today.
= oddly
PHRASE: PHR with cl
fun
![[[World War II]] era employment poster about the importance of fun](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/"Fun, off the job keeps him on the Job" - NARA - 514789.jpg?width=200 "[[World War II]] era employment poster about the importance of fun")
![Surfers]] enjoying their sport](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Two surfers.jpg?width=200 "Surfers]] enjoying their sport")
ENJOYMENT OF PLEASURE
Having fun; Having Fun; Have fun; Had fun; Has fun; Fuun
n.
1) to have fun (we had a lot of fun)
2) to make fun of smb.; to poke fun at smb.
3) to spoil the fun
4) fun to + inf. (it was fun to go on the roller coaster fun = it was fun going on the roller coaster)
5) for, in fun (to play for fun)
funny
![Humour can be a way of dealing with the menacing or unpleasant: Sprayed comment below a memorial plaque for [[Alois Alzheimer]] who first described the memory-damaging [[Alzheimer's disease]] - the German text means "Alois, we will never forget you!"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alzheimer Tübingen retouched.jpg?width=200 "Humour can be a way of dealing with the menacing or unpleasant: Sprayed comment below a memorial plaque for [[Alois Alzheimer]] who first described the memory-damaging [[Alzheimer's disease]] - the German text means \"Alois, we will never forget you!\"")
![[[Boris Yeltsin]] and [[Bill Clinton]] enjoying a joke, in spite of their language differences](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Boris Yeltsin with Bill Clinton-1.jpg?width=200 "[[Boris Yeltsin]] and [[Bill Clinton]] enjoying a joke, in spite of their language differences")
![Surprise]] is a component of humour.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cyklisci dk ubt.JPG?width=200 "Surprise]] is a component of humour.")
![Muhammad al-Baqir's [[Hadith]] about humour: "Indeed Allah loves those who are playful among people without obscenity."](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hadith imam baqir.svg?width=200 "Muhammad al-Baqir's [[Hadith]] about humour: \"Indeed Allah loves those who are playful among people without obscenity.\"")
TENDENCY OF SOMEONE TO POINT OUT AND EMPHASIZE THE COMICAL NATURE OF SOMETHING (OR THE MENTAL STATE THAT LEADS TO THIS TENDENCY)
Funny; Humorous; Sense of humor; Sense of humour; Hilarious; Sense of Humour; Humor studies; Humor (funny); Comedy technique; Humor; Humourous; Hilariously; Nerd humour; Hilarity; Facetiousness; Facetiously; Humoristic; Funniness; Hillarious; Humor study; Humour sense; Funni
adj. (colloq.)
strange
interesting
1) funny about (there's smt. funny about that affair)
2) funny to + inf. (it's funny to watch how people order in a restaurant = it's funny watching how people order in a restaurant)
3) funny that + clause (it's funny that they didn't call)
Examples of use of funnily
1. It says that people are getting more sophisticated, funnily enough.
2. Funnily enough, one of my mates now plays for Saracens.
3. Funnily enough, I suspect it might be the latter.
4. Now that date is drawing near and, funnily enough, I do not want it anymore.
5. Funnily enough, it is all this aggro with the neighbours that has brought her round.