"Funnily enough, I do believe in democracy". [my sentence]
"Funnily enough, he did say he believed in democracy". [my sentence]
funnily enough is an idiomatic expression that means that what you say after it is unexpected. It can be placed at the beginning or at the end of a sentence, and not usually in the middle. It is more spoken than written. It is another way of expressing "oddly enough". It is not related to funny, ha ha. It is related to funny as odd or peculiar (see below).
He is funny enough. means: He is sufficiently funny. [ha ha OR odd]
He is rich enough. means: He is sufficiently rich.
Merriam Webster gives it as a adverb from funny, but does not define it.
It would be related in meaning to definitions 3:
PECULIAR My car has been making a funny noise. —often used as a sentence modifier
Funny, things didn't turn out the way we planned.
My car was sputtering funnily. [my sentence]
funnily
more funnily enough:
Funnily enough.
Funnily enough, he loves it.
Funnily enough, it's not.
[Laughs] Funnily enough, yes!
What to? Funnily enough, Redward.
Funnily enough, Bob Fletcher has.
Not McDonald's burgers, funnily enough.
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