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Bookmark or Share- adjectives - What is the superlative of "fun"? - English Language ...Funniest is the superlative of funny (and funnier is the comparative). This is not "for lack of one"; "funniest" is the superlative. Funny forms its superlative and comparative according to the standard rule (as in red, redder, reddest and fast, faster, fastest).
- grammar - Funnily enough or Funny enough - English Language & Usage ...The problem is the two meanings of "funnily" OED: Funnily 1: In an amusing or humorous manner; comically. 1929 Manitoba Free Press 19 Nov. 19/2 [The play] is produced against settings that are very graceful.
- Funnier VS more fun | UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum1. funny - funnier - (the) funniest - 'funny' is an adjective 2. much fun - more fun - (the) most fun - 'fun' is a noun modified by 'much' When the 'fun' is used as an adjective, its comparative and superlative would be: fun - funner - funnest I agree with SoothingDave that 'fun' and 'funny' are two different words.
- Origin of “as all get out” meaning “to the utmost degree”Here is the entry for all get-out in Harold Wentworth, American Dialect Dictionary (1944):. all get-out. 1. To an extreme degree; —used with like or as.
- Can I say "more funny" or "most funny" instead of "funnier" or "funniest"?Still, the admirable G.K. Chesterton, in Heretics (1905) uses "more funny" in a situation where, as far as I can see, he could have used "funnier": The question of whether Swift was funny in his irony is quite another sort of question to the question of whether Swift was serious in his pessimism.
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