Sentence examples for gently funny from inspiring English sources

She said he was "quiet, gently funny and patient".

Many interviews are gently funny; some are devastating in ways that sneak up on you.

Intricately constructed and gently funny, it's written with a real compassion for its characters.

This moment, meticulously executed, poignant and gently funny, is typical of "Abouna" ("Our Father"), Mahamat Saleh Haroun's second feature film.

It's very gently funny but splendidly assured and evocative of place — if a friend had drawn you a page of it as a letter, you'd treasure it forever.

A lot of the humour in this gently funny book springs from Maud's unsuitability for the role of investigator, combined with her endearing determination to keep at it.

"LEGALLY BLONDE", born a gently comical chick flick, has grown into a harder-edged and very funny Broadway musical, which opened on April 30th.

Djalili points out that, for all their barbed social commentary, Panahi's pictures are also very funny; gently catching the sheer absurdity of life in modern-day Iran.

It's a practical approach to prayer, but then Rudy is a very practical seventh grader in Tom Dudzick's "Over the Tavern," the sweet, funny, gently irreverent opening production of the Penguin Repertory Theater's 2010 season.

If someone says something funny, gently touch his or her shoulder as you laugh.

Mr. Smith is an affable storyteller, and his show is both funny and gently thought-provoking.