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hi·lar·i·ous

 (hĭ-lâr′ē-əs, -lăr′-, hī-)
adj.
Characterized by or causing great merriment.

[Latin hilaris, cheerful; see hilarity + -ious.]

hi·lar′i·ous·ly adv.
hi·lar′i·ous·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.hilariously - in a hilarious mannerhilariously - in a hilarious manner; "hilariously funny"
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Translations
بِمَرَحٍ صاخِب
rozpustile
komisktmeget morsomt
á stórskemmtilegan hátt
neşe ilesevinçle

hilariously

[hɪˈlɛərɪəslɪ] ADV [speak, describe] → con mucha gracia
it was hilariously funnyfue para morirse de risa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hilariously

[hɪˈlɛəriəsli] adv
hilariously funny → absolument hilarant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hilariously

adv talksehr amüsant; juxtaposed, mixed upauf komische Weise; disguised, dressed upurkomisch (inf); hilariously funnyzum Schreien (inf), → irrsinnig komisch (inf); hilariously old-fashionedso altmodisch, dass es zum Schreien ist
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hilarious

(hiˈleəriəs) adjective
very funny. a hilarious comedy.
hiˈlariously adverb
hiˈlarity (-ˈlӕ-) noun
amusement; laughter.
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References in classic literature ?
He clad his soul in armor by means of happening hilariously in at a mission church where a man composed his sermons of "yous." While they got warm at the stove, he told his hearers just where he calculated they stood with the Lord.
How cheerily, how hilariously, O my Captain, would we bowl on our way to see old Nantucket again!
`I say,' said the Editor hilariously, `these chaps here say you have been travelling into the middle of next week!
By midnight everybody was fagged out, and sore with laughing; and, as a rule, drunk: some weepingly, some affectionately, some hilariously, some quarrel- somely, some dead and under the table.
Captain Van Horn was hilariously vocal of his praise, calling Jerry to him and giving him man-thumps of joyful admiration.
Szedvilas, Delicatessen." When he came out again it was in company with a very stout gentleman in shirt sleeves and an apron, clasping Jonas by both hands and laughing hilariously. Then Teta Elzbieta recollected suddenly that Szedvilas had been the name of the mythical friend who had made his fortune in America.
He was a little flushed, and in the mood to answer hilariously whatever was said to him.
--but the meeting broke up hilariously enough, and a dozen happy ladies dispersed to their homes.
During the Water Front Strike, Freddie Drummond was somehow able to stand apart from the unique combination, and, coldly critical, watch Bill Totts hilariously slug scab longshoremen.
"Why even Jink might hit that sort of bird," cried Sir Howard, hilariously slapping his host on the back.
Skimpole went to the piano and rattled hilariously that the best of all ways to lengthen our days was to steal a few hours from night, my dear!
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