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Collocations for funny - adj.

1. making you laugh

VERBS

be, look, seem
become, get
The movie gets funnier nearer the end.
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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
brilliantly (esp. BrE), genuinely, hilariously, hysterically, incredibly, laugh-out-loud, outrageously, painfully (esp. BrE), riotously (esp. BrE), screamingly, side-splittingly, terribly, uproariously, wickedly, wildly, wonderfully
At last, a genuinely funny comedy show!
His performance was hilariously funny.
You should have seen it—it was terribly funny!
surprisingly
almost
mildly
not remotely
He's not even remotely funny.
unintentionally
inherently
darkly

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2. strange

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, strike sb as, taste
Didn't it strike you as funny that Adam wasn't there?
This wine tastes funny.
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Don't you find it a little funny that she never mentions her husband?

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ADVERB

rather, very
Helen gave me a rather funny look.
a little, slightly, etc.

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PHRASES

funny little
He's a funny little man.
funny old
It's a funny old world, isn't it?

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Funny is used with these nouns:
bloke, business, coincidence, face, feeling, gag, guy, idea, impression, joke, kind, look, moment, mood, movie, noise, parody, part, remark, satire, scene, show, smell, sort, story, tale, thing, trick, voice, walk, way

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