funnily

adverb

Definition of funnilynext
as in strangely

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Recent Examples of funnily 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnily
  1. strangely
  2. oddly
  3. peculiarly
  4. unusually
Adverb
  • Reach out to a professional if a raccoon is acting strangely and is foaming at the mouth.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Does enjoying yourself feel strangely complicated under current conditions?
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of strangely
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  • Porky Pig and Daffy Duck aren’t celebrities but second-class citizens forced to order their shoddy goods from Acme, a monopoly that ships everything in oddly familiar blue and brown boxes.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But his resume looks oddly familiar to the guy who is doing just that in Bloomington, and one of these programs that is looking to zig while everyone else zags owes it to their fans to try something different.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of oddly
Adverb
  • Photography, then, is an expression of our peculiarly cruel way of seeing.
    — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Building a wall may even be its own kind of narrative project—a peculiarly linear one.
    — Matt Seaton, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026
Definition of peculiarly
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  • If a battery is swollen, leaking, unusually hot or has an odor, the battery may be damaged and could start a fire, Sylvia said.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Munoz is an unusually successful example of an opportunity emerging for Gen X in an industry long associated with Gen Z and millennials.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of unusually

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“Funnily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnily. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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