funnily

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Recent Examples of funnily And funnily enough, the obsession The Bear’s characters have with perfection and process mirrors the neuroticism of modern television itself. — Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Caitlin Clark is tied, funnily enough, with Angel Reese atop the league with seven technical fouls apiece. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026 The top of the Z Fold 8 Ultra features a pop-out nanoSIM slot and, funnily enough, it's flipped compared with the Z Fold 7. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026 The path to chair-making, funnily enough, began with the wood itself—his discovery that objects could be made straight from the log, free of wooden boards and power tools. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 The couple reportedly first met at a polo match in 1986, where, funnily enough, Dodi’s team played against Diana’s then-husband’s team. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 1 July 2026 Burnham’s path to power is, funnily enough, more typical of American politicians than British ones. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 Your relationship is as unique as your fingerprint, so your list of do’s and don’ts will be, too — which, funnily enough, is precisely what psychological researchers want to see. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The 1929 landmark building has long attracted Hollywood writers and actors, and funnily enough, Rhimes’s unit once doubled as Olivia Pope’s apartment in early episodes of Scandal. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnily
Adverb
  • The voice seemed strangely familiar, but Goessling still didn't make the connection.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Sometimes this world doesn’t make sense but always feels strangely familiar.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • This is actually, oddly, a feel good movie in its own peculiar way.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
  • These natural diamonds are often cloudy and oddly shaped, and lose about 25% of their weight as they're cut and polished into what a jeweler would sell, according to Nathan Renfro, senior manager at the Gemological Institute of America.
    — LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • According to Merrick, the former dressage official, a peculiarly high percentage of relatively advanced amateur riders believe, firmly and falsely, that Olympic competition is a real possibility.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Perhaps no cartoon duo has perfected the push-pull dynamic quite like evil baby Stewie and his family’s peculiarly sophisticated dog, Brian (both voiced by Seth MacFarlane).
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Spivey said Pike’s attorneys had repeatedly warned the state and courts that her underlying medical conditions, including a blood-clotting disorder, could make a lethal injection execution unusually prolonged and painful.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Both linked the situation to an unusually poor autumn crop of pine nuts and berries.
    — Arina Porkhovnik, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Funnily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnily. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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