She looked at me funny.
The M-W Learner's Dictionary, which shows the above example sentence, classifies the "funny" as an adverb (definition: in an odd or strange way)
So does our own WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English (definition: oddly; strangely; peculiarly: a stranger who talked funny).
On the other hand, "funny" is not even classified as an adverb in any of the British English dictionaries that I know of, such as Oxford Dictionaries Online, Oxford Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionaries Online or Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
Normally, even if some expression is AmE, these British English dictionaries would at least show them and mark them as "Northern American English" or something like that. But this time none of the above British English dictionaries even show that "funny" can be used as an adverb.
Is this use of "funny" as an adverb as in the above example sentence purely AmE?
The M-W Learner's Dictionary, which shows the above example sentence, classifies the "funny" as an adverb (definition: in an odd or strange way)
So does our own WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English (definition: oddly; strangely; peculiarly: a stranger who talked funny).
On the other hand, "funny" is not even classified as an adverb in any of the British English dictionaries that I know of, such as Oxford Dictionaries Online, Oxford Learner's Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionaries Online or Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
Normally, even if some expression is AmE, these British English dictionaries would at least show them and mark them as "Northern American English" or something like that. But this time none of the above British English dictionaries even show that "funny" can be used as an adverb.
Is this use of "funny" as an adverb as in the above example sentence purely AmE?
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