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Definition of Funnier
1. funny [adj] - See also: funny
Lexicographical Neighbors of Funnier
Literary usage of Funnier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"... and very active family of boys and girl? in Providence, with pictures that
make the fun all the funnier, and that remind one very strongly of Hoppin. ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"A portrait of Braham as Sir Huon out of Oberen ' will be recognised, and another
in a frockcoat is even funnier. For the one in a frame I have to thank Mr. ..."
3. Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff by Marie Bashkirtseff, Arthur D. Hall (1913)
"The more beautiful the sentiment is, the easier it is to ridicule it; the greater
it is, the funnier it is. And there is nothing in the world more absurd ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"Reagents recorded whether I or II was funnier. Reagents. Stanford students (119)
attending lectures on the Psychology of the Social Relations. Results. ..."
5. Smiling 'round the World by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1908)
"... Vaudeville—She Entertained the Bores—Preposterous Heroes and Characters—Nothing
funnier than Chinese Theater Except Practise-Drill of Chinese Soldiers. ..."
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