funnily
funnily — 副詞
1. in a way that is unusual, odd, or not normal — making you feel that something is
奇怪地
以奇怪或異常的方式
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.
昨晚洗衣機開始發出奇怪的巨大噪音。
Christopher looked at me funnily when I said the word 'frog' in that tone.
Christopher 在我用那種語氣說『青蛙』這個詞時,奇怪地看了我一眼。
collocation: look at someone funnily
Funnily enough, both Lucía and Iris had the exact same idea for the project title.
說來奇怪,Lucía 和 Iris 對這個專案的標題想法竟然一模一樣。
The car engine has been running funnily ever since Baraka hit that pothole on the highway.
自從 Baraka 在高速公路壓到那個坑洞之後,汽車引擎就一直運轉得怪怪的。
Élise walked funnily after she tripped over the garden hose near the shed.
Élise 在花園水管絆倒之後,走路姿勢變得怪怪的。
- 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.