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Recent Examples of funnily
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.
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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
In 2024, a team of volunteers and engineers banded together to 3D print a harness to help a nearly three-decade-old turtle named Charlotte living with the funnily named, but medically serious, bubble butt syndrome.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
But, funnily enough, losing to Halifax might have been the best thing that happened because Ben Tozer stood up in the dressing room and gave it to everyone.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Both have two, and all four books were published by Riverhead, and funnily enough, both earlier books (The Mothers, 2016 and Verge, 2020, respectively) were designed by Rachel Willey, while both later books (The Vanishing Half, 2020, and Thrust, 2022) were designed by Lauren Peters-Collaer.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Expect appearances from local brewers, live music, games and food – plus lots of funnily dressed dogs kicking back after their big show.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
That's why, funnily enough, a furniture store actually works really well for us because the floorplate facilitates interaction.
—Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
Ireland, funnily enough, does a lot of that.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
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
In 2024, a team of volunteers and engineers banded together to 3D print a harness to help a nearly three-decade-old turtle named Charlotte living with the funnily named, but medically serious, bubble butt syndrome.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2026
But, funnily enough, losing to Halifax might have been the best thing that happened because Ben Tozer stood up in the dressing room and gave it to everyone.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Both have two, and all four books were published by Riverhead, and funnily enough, both earlier books (The Mothers, 2016 and Verge, 2020, respectively) were designed by Rachel Willey, while both later books (The Vanishing Half, 2020, and Thrust, 2022) were designed by Lauren Peters-Collaer.
—Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
Expect appearances from local brewers, live music, games and food – plus lots of funnily dressed dogs kicking back after their big show.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
That's why, funnily enough, a furniture store actually works really well for us because the floorplate facilitates interaction.
—Sydney Franklin, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Sep. 2025
Ireland, funnily enough, does a lot of that.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnily
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Bath linens could have been softer and more luxurious given the hotel's price point and strangely, there was no toilet brush to be found in the WC (separate from the shower and sink).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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In a case of life imitating art, this whodunnit explores the investigation behind her disappearance, strangely resembling one of Christie’s own novels, where everyone in her life becomes a suspect, including her brother, Monty (Trevena).—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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The scene was genuinely awful to watch, but the movie—a story of plague, passion, period costumes, and an unwashed man in a tunic skipping town to cure writer’s block—ended up thrilling us; the portrayal of two creative minds working together (and apart) was, oddly, familiar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Digging, lifting oddly weighted objects and carrying things from one place to another are all part of the deal.—
Matt Parrott,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2026
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But his mouth was open and drooped peculiarly to one side, and his skin was sucked into his skeleton like a vacuum storage bag.—
Amanda Peet,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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One mystery that the observations confirmed but unfortunately did not solve concerns Uranus’s peculiarly plummeting temperature.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
24 Feb. 2026
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The restrictions started as the Charlotte region sank deeper into severe and extreme drought this spring after months of unusually dry weather.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Democrats’ unusually slow ballot returns hint at either strategic last-minute voting or voter fatigue, despite record-breaking campaign spending.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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“Funnily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnily. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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