funny

Funny, a. [Compar. Funnier; superl. Funniest.]

Etymology: [From Fun.]

Droll; comical; amusing; laughable. Funny bone. See crazy bone, under Crazy.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Funny, n.; pl. Funnies (.

A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling. [Eng.]

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for funny; he lists it under queer.

Where he writes about it:

That which is funny is calculated to provoke laughter; that which is droll is more quietly amusing. — from queer