funnier; funniest
1
2
: differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : peculiar
My car has been making a funny noise.
—often used as a sentence modifierFunny, things didn't turn out the way we planned.
3
: involving trickery or deception
told his prisoner not to try anything funny
plural funnies
ˈfə-nēz 
1
: one that is funny
especially
: joke
2
funnies plural
: comic strips or the comic section of a periodical
—usually used with the
Examples of funny in a Sentence
Adjective
He told a funny story.
He's a very funny guy.
What are you laughing at? There's nothing funny about it.
There's something funny going on here.
She has some funny ideas about how to run a company.
“I can't find my keys.” “That's funny—they were here a minute ago.”
My car has been making a funny noise lately.
A funny thing happened to me the other day.
It feels funny to be back here again.
It's funny that you should say that—I was just thinking the same thing myself.
Noun
reading the Sunday funnies is part of my weekend ritual
let's can the funnies—we've got serious work to do here
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Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Some guys try to hard to be funny or interesting.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Vice President Vance, who called the video funny, said sombrero memes would end if Jeffries ends the shutdown.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
That may sound like a funny thing to say, in 2025, or in any year since the legendary rock singer-songwriter died in 2003, given a perennial underdog status that never augured for anything that would be likely to be called a posthumous groundswell, per se.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Some guys try to hard to be funny or interesting.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
Spoiler alert: Her answers are, characteristically, laugh-out-loud funny.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Vice President Vance, who called the video funny, said sombrero memes would end if Jeffries ends the shutdown.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Funny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funny. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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funny
1 of 2 adjective
fun·ny
ˈfən-ē
funnier; funniest
1
: causing or intended to cause laughter
a funny story
2
: different from ordinary in a way that is odd, curious, or suspicious
it's funny you should ask
that's funny—they were here yesterday
there's something funny going on
3
: involving trickery
don't try anything funny
funny
2 of 2 noun
plural funnies
1
: one that is funny
especially
: joke entry 1 sense 1
2
plural
: comic strips or the comic section of a newspaper
—usually used with the
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