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sidesplittingly

sidesplittingly adverb: in a sidesplitting manner; hilariously.

Adverb

sidesplittingly (comparative more sidesplittingly, superlative most sidesplittingly)

  1. In a sidesplitting manner; hilariously.
    • There were moments when I doubted whether it was worth all the effort – whether it was crazy of Anderson to toil so obsessively over three breezy, cheeky vignettes which are neither sidesplittingly hilarious nor heart-wrenchingly insightful.2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC

Forms of sidesplittingly

comparativemore sidesplittingly
superlativemost sidesplittingly

Origin of sidesplittingly

From sidesplitting + -ly.

Questions about sidesplittingly

What does sidesplittingly mean?
Sidesplittingly means in a sidesplitting manner; hilariously.
What part of speech is sidesplittingly?
Sidesplittingly is an adverb.

Words near sidesplittingly in the dictionary

  1. sidesplit
  2. sidesplits
  3. sidesplitter
  4. sidesplitters
  5. sidesplitting
  6. sidesplittingly
  7. sidestake
  8. sidestakes
  9. sidestall
  10. sidestalls
  11. sidestep

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