How to say this correctly? In the first sentence I want it to be the way he said it, describing a verb, and in the second one I want to make it the way he is, describing a noun.
And what part of speech will they be? And also what part of speech is the word "enough", is it an adverb?
He said it funnily enough or He said it funny enough
He is funny enough or He is funnily enough
Best Answer
"Funnily enough, I do believe in democracy". [my sentence]
"Funnily enough, he did say he believed in democracy". [my sentence]
funnily enough is an idiomatic expression that means that what you say after it is unexpected. It can be placed at the beginning or at the end of a sentence, and not usually in the middle. It is more spoken than written. It is another way of expressing "oddly enough". It is not related to funny, ha ha. It is related to funny as odd or peculiar (see below).
He is funny enough. means: He is sufficiently funny. [ha ha OR odd] He is rich enough. means: He is sufficiently rich.
Merriam Webster gives it as a adverb from funny, but does not define it.
It would be related in meaning to definitions 3:
My car was sputtering funnily. [my sentence]
funnily
more funnily enough:
funnily enough