how to pronounce funny

/ˈfʌniː/

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funny is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of funny in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… do you think any funny family stories to …”

meaning of funny

Funny means amusing or entertaining in a way that causes laughter.

funny frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word funny occurs in english on average 113.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics funny can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that funny can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;