Hypertext Webster Gateway: "funny"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funny \Fun"ny\, n.; pl. {Funnies}.
A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funny \Fun"ny\, a. [Compar. {Funnier}; superl. {Funniest}.]
[From {Fun}.]
Droll; comical; amusing; laughable.
{Funny bone}. See {crazy bone}, under {Crazy}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
funny
adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very
funny writer"; "it would have been laughable if it
hadn't hurt so much"; "a mirthful experience";
"risible courtroom antics" [syn: {amusing}, {comic}, {comical},
{laughable}, {mirthful}, {risible}]
2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have
some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the
peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely
queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular
behavior" [syn: {curious}, {odd}, {peculiar}, {queer}, {rum},
{rummy}, {singular}]
3: (informal) not as expected; "there was something fishy about
the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some
definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives
were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" [syn: {fishy}, {queer},
{shady}, {suspect}, {suspicious}]
4: experiencing odd bodily sensations; "told the doctor about
the funny sensations in her chest"
adv 1: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper";
"he acted kind of funny" [syn: {queerly}, {strangely},
{oddly}, {funnily}]
2: in a comical manner; "she acted comically" [syn: {comically}]
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