funnily enough

funnily enough

Bafflingly; surprisingly; atypically. Funnily enough, it turned out that we both knew John, but had met him in two different parts of the world. He seems, funnily enough, happy that the police caught him. Their newest machine is funnily enough a slight step back when it comes to performance and design.
See also: enough, funnily
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ˌcuriously, ˌfunnily, ˌstrangely, etc. eˈnough

used to show that something is surprising: Funnily enough, I was born on exactly the same day as my wife.
See also: enough
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • strangely enough
  • curiously
  • curiously enough
  • curiously, funnily, strangely, etc. enough
  • funnily
  • strangely
  • strange to say
  • as it turned out
  • as it/things turned out
  • hit bottom
References in periodicals archive
This she did but, funnily enough, the cause of our row wasn't discussed.
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Funnily enough, the publicity has prompted cops to start looking for the bullies.
Funnily enough it was two doors down from the Prime Minister at the time, Bertie Ahern.
Funnily enough, I met my husband at that school, as he was a teacher there.
"Funnily enough, I like flying, hurtling through the air in a tin can.
Funnily enough, there is no mention whatsoever of my main point - the almost PS100billion that will have to be paid for nothing.
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| SIR - Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt says we should spend our way out of recession, on the very same day Ed Miliband says that if he were Prime Minister he wouldn't reverse any of the cuts, he wouldn't scrap the bedroom tax, and he wouldn't borrow more, although funnily enough he's happy to borrow the PS100m to spend on Trident.
"I find that, funnily enough, walking is a terribly important thing for me, rather like some people need a cigarette.
He said: "He was a very sick horse in Australia, but funnily enough travelled back well.
"Funnily enough I forgot to enter this one the day before and I was convinced I would win it when I entered again."
"I worked as a waitress in Brighton, funnily enough now I'm running a tea shop in the film, " she added.