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How to use hilariously in a sentence

12 example sentences · adverb

Hilariously means in a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly. Example: “They laughed hilariously at the comedy film.”

Examples of hilariously by meaning

adverbIn a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.

  • a hilariously funny joke

adverbWith great hilarity or mirth.

  • They laughed hilariously at the comedy film.

More sentences with hilariously

  • I saw a hilariously funny movie with all of my favourite comedians in it.From the entry favourite
  • The volus mostly seemed to consider the question both intrusive and hilariously irrelevant.2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 6, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books…. From the entry sociobiological
  • Still, I am grateful that this Chinamaxxing debate has introduced me to the hilariously absurd logic of an aesthetic defection.2026 February 26, Coco Khan, “Britain and the US, calm down. The gen Z Chinamaxxers will do you no harm”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry Chinamaxxer
  • I just saw a very MSTable and hilariously confusing Indiana Jones rip-off called, "Alan Quartermain and the city of Gold."2001 June 24, Biffbaxter5891, “Re: Hypothetical Season 11”, in alt.tv.mst3k (Usenet). From the entry MSTable
  • Includes a selling knickers to a burusera shop scene, a hilariously cheap “disco” set, but not enough cumsoaked schoolgirls for this reviewer.2015, Clive Davies, Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write about, SCB Distributors, →ISBN. From the entry burusera
  • In Shall we Shog?, Globe artistic director Mark Rylance hilariously found himself having to nub the Quarto version of Hamlet's speech to the players.2009, David Crystal, Walking English, Overlook Press, page 184. From the entry nub
  • A darkly toned short story collection from the Japanese underground writer about a series of spiky tongued, bad girl narrators whose lives are hilariously altered by supernatural occurrences.2024 March 6, Agnès Houghton-Boyle, “CAHYATI IN CONVERSATION: MEET THE TEAM BEHIND BALI'S BOLDEST PRRINTMAKERS”, in Fetch.London, archived…. From the entry blondster
  • The chief beneficiary of Marber’s approach is the local quack, who not only acts as a cynical marriage-broker but himself hilariously proposes to a snuff-taking spinster.2015 July 29, Michael Billington, “Three Days in the Country review – Marber ups the comedy and plays down the psychology”, in The…. From the entry marriage-broker
  • And I get a huge kick out of laughing at the hilariously unpredictable inflexibility of the computer models of mental processes that my doctoral students and I codesign.2008 June 15, Douglas R. Hofstadter, “Reading File”, in New York Times. From the entry codesign
  • On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages alongshore, the word and its mistress returned to Gatsby's house and twinkled hilariously on his lawn.1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 60. From the entry alongshore

Meaning of hilariously

  1. adverb In a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.
  2. adverb With great hilarity or mirth.

Full definition of hilariously

Questions about hilariously in a sentence

How do you use hilariously in a sentence?
Hilariously is used as an adverb. For example: “They laughed hilariously at the comedy film.”
What is a short sentence with hilariously?
“a hilariously funny joke”
What does hilariously mean?
Hilariously means in a hilarious manner; so as to amuse greatly.

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