funnily

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English funny Middle English -ly English -ly English funnily 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. […]”

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 . . .”