funny ha-ha or funny peculiar?
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› used when someone has described a person as 'funny' and you want to know if they mean 'humorous' ('ha-ha'), or 'strange' ('peculiar'): "She's a very funny woman." "Funny ha-ha or funny peculiar?"Humour and humorousStrange, suspicious and unnatural
(Definition of funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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funny adjective (ILL)
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funny adjective (STRANGE)
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