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funky

[fuhng-kee] / ˈfʌŋ ki /
ADJECTIVE
offbeat
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It’s bold, a little funky, and exactly the kind of recipe that makes people either immediately intrigued or deeply skeptical.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

The area felt fun and funky, but I was only passing through, determined to get to my next destination.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

The singer also made good use out of her space bedrooms, with one utilized as a music room, complete with a funky patterned couch, a keyboard, and a drum kit.

From MarketWatch May 26, 2026

Other humanoid robots come to life and show off their kung-fu or funky dance moves.

From BBC May 12, 2026

We both head to the water fountain, and I’m wondering if putting deodorant on sweaty pits will keep me from being funky later, when Coach West walks over.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

While the exterior features a very traditional red brick facade, the interior follows a much funkier black-and-white theme that carries throughout the majority of the main living spaces.

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Cheese: Parmigiano-Reggiano is classic, but try Manchego or Pecorino for a funkier edge.

From Salon Apr. 25, 2025

It’s a return to their powers, now funkier than ever.

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2024

When it came to power in 2021, after 16 years of Angela Merkel's conservative-led government, the new coalition promised a younger, funkier, more liberal Germany.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2023

It is funkier and grittier than the others that precede it, no doubt because of the chemistry that existed between Williams, the bassist Ronnie Boykins and the legendary drummer Roy Haynes.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

“It wasn’t helping me to express the loudness, to be the funkiest, to embody the story,” she said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

Robertson’s lyrics are teasingly playful but they’re nearly overshadowed by a lithe clavinet part by Hudson that places the song among the funkiest records by a rock band in the late 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2023

Cellphone’s Dead may have Beck’s funkiest bassline, but for brute force, Devil’s Haircut wins with its insistent three-note riff copied from I Can Only Give You Everything by the 60s Northern Irish rockers Them.

From The Guardian Jul. 2, 2020

This time it concerns the funkiest Triple Crown season yet hatched and whether a potential Triple Crown winner ought to get listed forever with the spriggy little dot.

From Washington Post Jun. 19, 2020

Morality is mostly funk, and I think you’re the funkiest man I ever came across in my travels. 

From Within the Tides by Conrad, Joseph




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