funny

CEFRA1

/ˈfʌni/

adjective

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Ain't it funny that the way you feel shows on your face? / And no matter how you try to hide, it states your case / Now a frown will bring your spirits down to the ground / And never let you see the good things all around
1976, Earth, Wind & Fire, “On Your Face”, in Spirit
Oh it's a funny time of year / There'll be no blossom on the trees
2002, “Funny Time Of Year”, in Out of Season, performed by Beth Gibbons ft. Rustin Man
After church I am met by a dear parishioner who says, "Got a funny for you. Father." Now I'll have "funnies," so I can reply. "Got one for you too, Mary!"
1996, The Living Church - Volume 212, page 20
Everyone would be sitting on big fluffy white clouds singing songs, telling funnies and just enjoying the day.
2014, Brian Conaghan, When Mr. Dog Bites, page 54
Chic Young, who created his funny funny, “Blondie,” in 1930, and kept it the most popular comic strip in the world right through the unfunny generation, was quick to see the difference between the innocent funnies and the new generation of comics that started after the Second World War:
1974, The New York Times Magazine, page cliv

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From fun + -y.