Funny
['fʌnɪ] or ['fʌni]
Definition
(adj.) experiencing odd bodily sensations; 'told the doctor about the funny sensations in her chest' .
Typist: Louis--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.
(n.) A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling.
Editor: Lucia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Comical, droll, farcical, ludicrous, sportive, humorous, laughable, diverting, amusing.
Edited by Cheryl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sportive, droll, comical, laughable, humorous, jocose, ridiculous, ludicrous,diverting
ANT:Dull, tedious, mournful, lugubrious, dismal, grave, serious, sad, lamentable
Typed by Eddie
Definition
adj. full of fun: droll: perplexing odd.—adv. Funn′ily.—ns. Funn′iness Funn′iment.—Funny bone a popular name given to what is really the comparatively unprotected ulnar nerve which when struck by a blow shoots a singular tingling sensation down the forearm to the fingers; Funny man the clown in a circus.
n. a light clinker-built pleasure-boat with a pair of sculls.
Typist: Millie
Examples
- It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Beth's bundle was such a funny one that everybody wanted to laugh, but nobody did, for it would have hurt her feelings very much. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It seemed it was a very funny joke if you understood it properly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The funny part of it was that I never thought in those days that a carbon filament would answer, because a fine hair of carbon was so sensitive to oxidation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Tom reiterated, what a funny little girl you are! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There are some funny dogs among us, and they will have their joke, you know; but you mustn't mind 'em, you mustn't mind 'em. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It's damned funny, but I can. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was one of the funniest things I ever witnessed to see him crawl into an ordinary roll-top desk and curl up and take a nap. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yes, said Ben, stoutly; it's funnier. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Norton