How do you use Funnier in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Funnier meaning
comparative form of funny: more funny
Using Funnier
- The main meaning on this page is: comparative form of funny: more funny
- In the example corpus, funnier often appears in combinations such as: even funnier, funnier than, much funnier.
Context around Funnier
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Funnier
- In this selection, "funnier" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, smarter, gets, significantly, now, stronger and moments stand out and add context to how "funnier" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the funnier in comparison and am significantly funnier. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "funnier" sits close to words such as abelian, acer and agrippina, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with funnier
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Very few things funnier. (4 words)
It gets funnier and better with every view. (8 words)
Even funnier now with cancel culture the way it is. (10 words)
Now I can’t prove that this was the last bit of lawyering that caused former District Judge Feinerman to throw his hands up and decide to leave the judiciary for the firm life, but it is way funnier to read this fact pattern in that way. (47 words)
As someone cleverer and funnier than me said of the England men’s football team: if a bloke’s wife left him in 1966 but he insisted every four years that she was coming home, you would think he was mad. (41 words)
The clip was made even funnier by the fact that Emily herself - who was trying to play it cool so that nobody spotted her late arrival - didn't notice the filter on her face until moments later. (37 words)
How about you, do you feel smarter, funnier, stronger when you use swear words? (14 words)
What’s even funnier is there are two high speed elevators to the top! (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
And, no offense to Bowen Yang, but Bobby Moynihan’s clueless Brian Kilmeade was much funnier.
Another iconic role that defined the decade, it's hard to tell what's funnier about this SNL skit.
As someone cleverer and funnier than me said of the England men’s football team: if a bloke’s wife left him in 1966 but he insisted every four years that she was coming home, you would think he was mad.
But as the film was screened, the team felt that the scene would be better if it was funnier.
Even funnier now with cancel culture the way it is.
How about you, do you feel smarter, funnier, stronger when you use swear words?
I feel like it’s more interesting, it’s more human and ultimately, it’s funnier.
I'm happily surprised that they stuck with the languages of the time, but that only makes it funnier when Doctor Strange appears out of nowhere and starts speaking English to Spaniards and Native Americans.
It gets funnier and better with every view.
It’s one of the funnier moments in an already funny episode.
It was also widely known that I am significantly funnier.
Not only did the actor have the gall to his revival series was "funnier" than its predecessor, he's also convinced this new incarnation of the golden age sitcom could potentially go on indefinitely.
Now I can’t prove that this was the last bit of lawyering that caused former District Judge Feinerman to throw his hands up and decide to leave the judiciary for the firm life, but it is way funnier to read this fact pattern in that way.
Really, the only character that isn't exaggerated to some degree is Clooney's Matt, which makes his character all the funnier in comparison.
The clip was made even funnier by the fact that Emily herself - who was trying to play it cool so that nobody spotted her late arrival - didn't notice the filter on her face until moments later.
Very few things funnier.
Was supposed to be 'coffin medicine' but I think it's even funnier that after all these years it's still being printed,' one person laughed.
What’s even funnier is there are two high speed elevators to the top!
While it’s quite similar to a sequence in where Phil continues to attempt suicide, it’s even funnier here as a self-aware reference to Cruise’s history of performing dangerous stunts.
While that would be a funnier story, Castellanos’ explanation makes sense for a Phillies team looking to win it all after falling just short last year.
Common combinations with funnier
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- even funnier 19×
- funnier than 16×
- much funnier 9×
- funnier and 7×
- the funnier 7×
- funnier in 6×
- was funnier 5×
- it funnier 5×
- is funnier 5×
- and funnier 4×