funnily
/ˈfʌnəli/adverb
funnily is an adverb meaning “In a funny or amusing manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-N-N-I-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does funnily mean?
adverb
- 1
In a funny or amusing manner.
- 2
In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence.
Who, Bob? I just ran into him last week, funnily enough.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce funnily?
- /ˈfʌnəli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-funnily.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of funnily
- more funnily comparative
- most funnily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is funnily?
Funnily appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does funnily come from?
From funny + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).