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FUNNINESS

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does funniness mean? 

FUNNINESS (noun)
  The noun FUNNINESS has 1 sense:

1. a comic incident or series of incidentsplay

  Familiarity information: FUNNINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FUNNINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A comic incident or series of incidents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

clowning; comedy; drollery; funniness

Hypernyms ("funniness" is a kind of...):

fun; play; sport (verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously))

Derivation:

funny (arousing or provoking laughter)


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