Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - funny

 I. adjective  (funnier; -est)  Date: 1756  1.  a. affording light mirth and laughter ; amusing  b. seeking or intended to amuse ; facetious  2. differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way ; peculiar — often used as a sentence modifier ~, things didn't turn out the way we planned  3. involving trickery or deception told his prisoner not to try anything ~  • funnily adverb  • funniness noun  • ~ adverb  II. noun  (plural funnies)  Date: 1852  1. one that is ~; especially joke  2. plural comic strips or the comic section of a periodical — usually used with the