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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
funnily
adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Canseco's throw was straight, but wobbled funnily at the last minute.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But an architect friend offered me premises in Portland Mews, funnily enough just around the corner from our new gallery.
▪ I had no doubts about his musicianship, his talent or his ability to tell a funny story funnily.
▪ Many like steel, glass and paper can be re-used, and funnily enough it is cheaper the second time around.
▪ Rory went back to live in London that winter, and ended up - funnily enough - living in a squat.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
funnily

"in an amusing manner, comically," 1814, from funny + -ly (2).

Wiktionary
funnily

adv. 1 In a funny manner. 2 In a strange or unexpected manner, especially of a coincidence.

WordNet
funnily

adv. in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper"; "he acted kind of funny" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funny]

Usage examples of "funnily".

It didn't hurt that much, funnily enough, and I waved away the appalled footman who tried to help me to my feet.

But funnily enough, as it burned it curled over towards me and I just saw that there were words written in ink on the paper.

And funnily enough, I realize it’s the hack that’ll keep me writing, no matter what men­tal jitters I get.

But, funnily enough, there was no longer any fear in the wondering: huge and mysterious as the house might be, I found that Mr.

Picked that up, funnily enough, in Red Eye Records a few months ago, hideously overpriced but couldnt resist it.