Gerund Word Explorer
Oxymoron

Seriously funny

Seriously funny

Very, very funny.

The Class 8 play was seriously funny; we couldn't stop laughing.

Remember: Serious and funny look like opposites, but 'seriously' here just means 'very', so some teachers call it a loose oxymoron. Informal.

Short lessonWord playWriters play with words by joining opposites or by giving one word two meanings at once.

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