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HILARIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hilariously mean? 

HILARIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb HILARIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a hilarious mannerplay

  Familiarity information: HILARIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HILARIOUSLY (adverb)


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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