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HILARIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hilariously mean?
• HILARIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb HILARIOUSLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: HILARIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a hilarious manner
Synonyms:
hilariously; uproariously
Context example:
hilariously funny
Pertainym:
hilarious (marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter)
Context examples
On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages along shore the world and its mistress returned to Gatsby's house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"It's the funniest thing, old sport," he said hilariously. "I can't—when I try to—"
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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