Meanings of properly funny in English

But at least two of the stories were properly funny.

It's properly funny music.

But On the Couch (TV3, Tuesday) is funny -and not in a good-for-an-Irish-comedysort of way but properly funny.

Semi-amusing studio comedies are now so rare that, when a properly funny one arrives, the temptation to have it stuffed and mounted feels overwhelming.

There's nothing quite like a properly funny novel to counteract the gloom of January, and there's a welcome title amidst this month's young adult offerings.