Sentence examples for not merely funny from inspiring English sources
What's surprising is that "Savage Run" turns out to be not merely funny but, more often than not, thoughtful.
That emphasis on resistance makes its sequel, "The Truce," not merely funny but joyous: the camps are no more, the Germans have been vanquished, and gentler life, like a moral sun, is returning.
In both novel and film, we are clearly intended to find her not merely funny but also sympathetic, moving and exemplary of our age - as Owen might have said (Deborah Owen, the literary agent, that is, not Wilfred Owen), the poetry is in the self-pity.
This gag and those that follow aren't merely funny, they serve as a useful metaphor for the difficulty of raising awareness of little-known ailments.
Yet when, sixteen years ago, the comedian Jon Stewart took over "The Daily Show," he did something radical: he took the two formats and reformatted them, creating a series that was not merely useful and funny but emotionally powerful.
That is when you know you're in the hands of, not merely of a funny man, but a master story-teller.
The songs are not merely tuneful and funny and touching; Pasek and Paul can plumb the inner depths of their characters and rip through emotions in words and music.
This is not merely a journal of funny and daring, if at times unbearably whimsical, fiction and essays and art.
Even more surprising is the possibility that Stewart might be funny not merely in a campy, unintentional sense but legitimately, genuinely so.
By Ian Crouch November 17, 2016 Martha Stewart's new show with Snoop Dogg, "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party," banks on the possibility that she might be funny not merely in a campy, unintentional sense.
