funny

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The light's kind of funny, they won't dim, takes a while for them to start up.

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  1. adjective Causing laughter or amusement.
  2. adjective Intended or designed to amuse.
  3. adjective Strangely or suspiciously odd; curious.

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  • The light's kind of funny, they won't dim, takes a while for them to start up. —  John Doerr sees salvation and profit in greentech
  • And now the NEW NEW "DEVIL" anyone that recognizes that the REAL average Joe (funny, that is my Fathers name) has been screwed, left out, prohibited from the home market, and finally totally screwed by the Banks on the most important purchase - your home. —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
  • See what the ads looks like folded out inside (I bet you can guess what the funny is already though ...) —  Adland
  • It's funny which is almost harder to do than depressing. —  British Blogs
  • But what really makes this funny is the way it echoes a silly complaint I've heard before from Jay's most dedicated haters. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
 

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nice ·  amuse ·  queer ·  stupid ·  pleasant ·  clever ·  weird

Used in the same contextWord Family

funny:   funnier ·  funniest
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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