zany

The blithe and often zany choreography unfolded intriguingly as its asymmetrical configurations—involving four men, three women and three folding chairs—kept the whole theatrical affair deftly off balance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

In our current everyone-with-a-phone-is-a-critic culture, this may sound like a particular flavor of zany.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

The very next morning, the BBC called to say they were blown away by the song's zany energy and its Euro-friendly lyrics about ditching an office job to take a mini-break in Germany.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

But the frontrunner of this awards season has long been "One Battle," a zany thriller about a retired revolutionary looking for his teen daughter.

From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026

Plus, Charles’s mother did not particularly care for what Mr. Lemoncello was doing inside his zany library.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Hoping to sink the father’s chances, Al saddles LeBron with the beloved zanies Bugs, Daffy, Sylvester et al.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

Missing were the usual cast of zanies dressed in wedding gowns and super hero costumes jostling with the beat writers to get their questions heard.

From Reuters ● Jan. 27, 2020

So it's fair to say that James Corden and his successor, Owain Arthur, in Richard Bean's barnstorming comic play One Man, Two Guvnors are zanies in the true sense of the word.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 5, 2012

McDonagh's zanies are grotesques devoid of decency or basic deductive skills.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2010

He says the genuine zanies are very simple to operate on.

From Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... by Garrett, Randall

The second is even zanier, a bit with LeBron James and Nike executives pitching a film called “The GOAT’s Goodbye” to Williams, who wants none of it because she still wants to play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

The cartoonist weaves in his own reflections on American history—and includes some zanier episodes more in keeping with the spirit of “Zippy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025

The last time Salon cracked wise at the offerings listed among Oprah’s Favorite Things or the zanier items in Goop’s holiday gift guide was in 2019.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023

The Shriners would become known for their philanthropy — funding children’s hospitals — but they would also be known for their zanier side: donning fezzes and zipping around in tiny cars.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2023

It’s essentially “E.T.” with a sloppier, zanier touch, and it’s set in urban Vietnam as opposed to a sleepy California neighborhood.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

I’d also be lying if I said that was the only reason my husband and I share our lives with two of nature’s zaniest comics instead of a herd of small humans.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024

Even the zaniest comedy needs to take its premise seriously in order to work.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

“It could win best picture and it’s the zaniest idea out there,” Lord says.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Imagine you’re a kid again and given an unlimited budget to build and race the zaniest Hot Wheels track you could possibly imagine.

From The Verge ● Dec. 27, 2021

Sunday, in a 37-31 victory over the Eagles, Flores unveiled perhaps the coolest, zaniest play of the season.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2019