funnily

adv — 2 senses

funnily

adv

/ˈfʌnəli/

Etymology From funny + -ly.

1

In a funny or amusing manner.

  • In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […]2015 December 26, Victor Robert Farrell, Night-Whispers Vol 01-Q1-'Stirring Passions', Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 143:
2

In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence.

  • Who, Bob? I just ran into him last week, funnily enough.
  • It hurts to swallow and to eat . . . sometimes, I find myself breathing funnily. The doctors have not found anything, even after the X-ray, but I feel that there is something physically wrong . . .1982, Stephen Murgatroyd, Ray Woolfe, quoting a rape victim, “Some Physical Reactions”, in Coping with Crisis: Understanding and Helping People in Need, London: Harper & Row, →ISBN, part 2 (Crises), chapter 10 (Rape), page 126:

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