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Recent Examples of funnily
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.
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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
All this means, funnily enough, that the first place that a program capable of using JPEG compression appeared was not MacOS or Windows, but OS/2—a fascinating-but-failed graphical operating system created by Pennebaker and Mitchell’s employer, IBM.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025
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
All this means, funnily enough, that the first place that a program capable of using JPEG compression appeared was not MacOS or Windows, but OS/2—a fascinating-but-failed graphical operating system created by Pennebaker and Mitchell’s employer, IBM.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnily
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The strangely moving scene has always been floating around the internet, but unexpectedly went viral on TikTok in January.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Even more curious, the cloud appears to be strangely bound to a mystery body that could be a massive planet or a low-mass star.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The build has felt oddly subdued for much of the month, largely because the focus shifted toward promoting the quarterly Peacock special instead.—
Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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That run now feels oddly sepia-toned, a pre-brat cultural moment before pop’s current maximalist turn.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Jan. 2026
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Facing a peculiarly hostile administration in Washington, Pretoria has ample reason to pursue greater intra-BRICS cooperation—not out of ideological affinity with its members but out of the strategic necessity to protect itself against an erratic and punitive United States.—
OLIVER STUENKEL,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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In the early twentieth century, Einstein formulated equations for the peculiarly relative flow of time, now an indispensable part of the workings of all GPS systems.—
Alan Lightman
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Releases such as Eagle Rare 17 from the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection or Russell’s Reserve 13 Year became highly desirable in part because the age was unusually high for a regular release.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Bitter cold continues next week across the Mid-Atlantic An unusually cold weather pattern will continue through the next seven to ten days.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Funnily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnily. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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