funnily
funnily — adverb
1. in a way that is unusual, odd, or not normal — making you feel that something is
in a way that is unusual, odd, or not normal — making you feel that something is wrong or curious without being able to say exactly why
The washing machine started making a funnily loud noise last night.
Christopher looked at me funnily when I said the word 'frog' in that tone.
collocation: look at someone funnily
Funnily enough, both Lucía and Iris had the exact same idea for the project title.
The car engine has been running funnily ever since Baraka hit that pothole on the highway.
Élise walked funnily after she tripped over the garden hose near the shed.
- strangely
most neutral and widely used; replaces funnily in formal contexts
- oddly
very close in meaning; common in both speech and writing
- curiously
slightly more formal; emphasises that something makes you want to know more
- weirdly
more informal and stronger; suggests something is unsettling or hard to explain
- normally
opposite meaning — in an ordinary or expected way
- ordinarily
slightly more formal than 'normally'
文法句型
adverb modifying a verb or clause
sentence adverb introducing a surprising fact ('Funnily enough, …')
用法筆記
In the fixed phrase 'funnily enough', the word does NOT mean 'in an amusing way'. Instead it signals that what follows is surprising or ironic — much like 'strangely enough' or 'curiously'. This is the most frequent use of funnily in everyday speech.