Sentence examples for merely funny from inspiring English sources
Which makes it merely funny rather than hilarious.
Mr. Pretor-Pinney resists the idea that cloudspotting is merely funny, or even merely fun.
Still, the issues raised by the service, thorny or merely funny, were perfect blog fodder.
Agate called it "an immense piece of acting, too macabre and too true to be merely funny".
What's surprising is that "Savage Run" turns out to be not merely funny but, more often than not, thoughtful.
Small domestic dogmatists are always merely funny (like Alceste, in "The Misanthrope," or the dad in just about any American sitcom).
Which would merely be funny if it weren't also proving true on occasion.
This, Gribben states, may make doubting critics see Twain as a great author, not merely a funny man from Missouri.
Done in 2102," complete with the caveat: "This is not a quotation of this person merely a funny anecdotal statement". The warm up for Beck is Republican Congressional candidate Jackie Walorsky.
But Apatow, like Shandling before him, isn't content to merely exchange funny banter, and the show is better for it.
If the 99% say, "We want more!" then the 1% merely replies, "Funny you should mention it, because we want more, too!" and a moral cause becomes a fiduciary negotiation, numbers to be crunched in legislative subcommittee.
