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How to pronounce “zany”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of zany with real speech in context.
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- Mona Caron on Harnessing the Creative Power of Art to Build Social Networks
showing a joyful, perhaps zany through the whole - you know, zaniness of it.
- Definition summary
- Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
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How to pronounce zany
Mona Caron on Harnessing the Creative Power of Art to Build Social Networks

showing a joyful, perhaps zany through the whole - you know, zaniness of it.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “zany”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
- Ludicrously or incongruously comical.
- [Noun]
- (archaic) A fool or clown, especially one whose business on the stage is to imitate foolishly the actions of the principal clown.
- [Verb]
- (obsolete) To mimic foolishly.
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