Funny enough vs Funnily enough

Both 'funny enough' and 'funnily enough' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They are used to introduce a surprising or ironic statement. The choice between them is a matter of personal preference.

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Funny enough

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to introduce a surprising or ironic statement. It is often used in informal contexts.

Examples:

Funny enough, I ran into my old friend at the grocery store.
Funny enough, the book I lost last week was on my desk all along.
Funny enough, it started raining the moment I forgot my umbrella.
Funny enough, the movie we wanted to watch was sold out.
Funny enough, the restaurant we chose randomly turned out to be amazing.

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Funny enough, I crushed it.
Funny enough right before "Wish" started, while she was talking a fan yelled out "Play SpidER SpinS!!!" and with that he got his wish.
Funny enough, We Heart It was actually a thing before Pinterest, but it didn't manage to take such a viral portion of the market as quickly.
Besides, Ioganson did not see any difference between acting in drama or comedy: the situations were funny enough in themselves, and this comicality was to be motivated rather than enhanced.
Very funny scenes give grandparents Snow and Charming, what a, offended because his nephew doesn't find them funny enough, decide to start driving.
Funny enough, this is how I started out on the internet and look what has happened!
Drawn just right, still not funny enough.
"Am I not funny enough?
I don't know if that's funny enough for you to leave on!
In the 20th century, D. B. Wyndham-Lewis and Charles Lee considered some of Cibber's laureate poems funny enough to be included in their classic "anthology of bad verse", The Stuffed Owl (1930).
It's not funny enough.
You're not funny enough.
Funny enough, it was Jimmy who persuaded me.
Funny enough, Miles brought me here.
Funny enough, you thought Dark Army was involved.
Funny enough, it was Jimmy who persuaded me.
Funny enough, I would love to see a copy of that report.
Funny enough, he thought Jeff and Aliy had already gone on ahead to the finish line.
Funny enough, I don't keep up with the FT index, you know.
Funny enough, he ended up winning a Wynn 3k event in the same trip.

Alternatives:

Interestingly enough
Curiously enough
Oddly enough
Strangely enough
Coincidentally enough

Funnily enough

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is also used to introduce a surprising or ironic statement. It is often used in informal contexts.

Examples:

Funnily enough, the keys were in the last place I looked.
Funnily enough, the cat always knows when it's time to eat.
Funnily enough, the train was delayed just when I thought I was early.
Funnily enough, the song stuck in my head was playing on the radio.
Funnily enough, the one item I needed was out of stock.

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Funnily enough, I loved mathematics.
Funnily enough, Matt, I wasn't planning to.
Funnily enough, Miss Hawkins told me I should apply.
Funnily enough, I found the Germans managed that quite nicely on their own.
But funnily enough, that's how he broke his leg five years ago.
Then, funnily enough, it came back round again.
Funnily enough, I didn't keep a scrapbook.
Funnily enough, you weren't mentioned.
Funnily enough, kept his record in 25 years.
Funnily enough, Spaak and Valentin were responsible for the script of Grémillon's Le Ciel est à vous (The Woman Who Dared) which was singled out by the clandestine Resistance press as the most glowing example of pro-French picture with high moral values.
Decide on ev. turändringar will be included in our. Funnily enough, the County Council would like to cut down 30% on buses, while the municipality wants to double public transport to 2020.
Anything that's solid and organically shaped is a possibility for me to make. Funnily enough, the one thing that's pretty much guaranteed not to be an inspiration for me is crochet, particularly crocheted clothes.
Although, funnily enough, I think there must have been.
I already have one, funnily enough.
Except, funnily enough, for young owlets like you.
THEY LAUGH I never saw that producer again, funnily enough.
Well, funnily enough, he didn't mention it.
No. But he kept this, funnily enough.
But, funnily enough, they never are.
Don't know who she Is, but funnily enough, she arrived at the same time as the Doctor.

Alternatives:

Interestingly enough
Curiously enough
Oddly enough
Strangely enough
Coincidentally enough

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