zany

In British politics, Hilton earned a reputation as a zany but genius marketer who pushed the Conservative Party to embrace same-sex marriage and climate-friendlier policies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

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 song's hiccupy beat, and zany references to jam roly poly and custard left Europe bewildered.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Running in the mornings and reading in the afternoons gave him just enough stability to endure the zany nights at the McNabs’.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

You don’t know what these zanies might do.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

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

Staged with crafty aplomb by Allison Narver, and animated by a well-oiled cast of prized zanies, the show beckons us in with a ballet of mobile doors.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2017

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

I protest I take these wise men that crow so at these set kind of fools, no better than the fools' zanies.

From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

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

His Barry is wound so tight he hums — he’s like a slightly zanier Michael Shannon character — but Mr. Hader also shows you the light flicking on inside him for the first time.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2018

While it’s zanier than other current political dramas, like “House of Cards,” it still has a serious point to make.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2016

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

In 1937, when Dizzy Dean came to Washington for the All-Star Game, he was perhaps the greatest player, and certainly the zaniest, in baseball.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2015