hilarious
- arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- boisterously merry or cheerful: a hilarious celebration.
- merry; cheerful.
Origin of hilarious
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willingly, freely, peacefully, lovingly, merrily, heartily, gladly, cheerfully, blithely, gleefully, joyfully, graciously, playfully, enthusiastically, contentedly, joyously, blissfully, agreeably, gaily, lightlyExamples from the Web for hilariously
Contemporary Examples of hilariously
She hilariously explains Chinese proverbs when someone sneezes off-camera during interviews.
Tennis Star Li Na Says Goodbye to the Court…and Puts the Sport’s Rise in Asia in QuestionNicholas McCarvel
September 19, 2014
Cosmopolitan is bringing its hilariously bad sex tips to lesbians now.
Hell brews like “Mack the Knife,” “To Keep My Love Alive,” and Sweeney Todd are hilariously macabre.
Julie Bowen already has won two Emmys for her performance as hilariously frazzled mom Claire Pritchett on Modern Family.
But the unexpectedly wonderful Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a hilariously funny audience-grabber.
Historical Examples of hilariously
The men were happy, not hilariously so, but in a placid, equable fashion.
The Long RollMary Johnston
Then he laughed again, hilariously, uproariously, and not for long.
Reels and SpindlesEvelyn Raymond
He had met him on the street and clapped him hilariously on the shoulder.
Bert Wilson on the GridironJ. W. Duffield
Why had he pointed to the garden and laughed so hilariously?
Hushed UpWilliam Le Queux
Hilariously they carried him into the room and dumped him down.
Stover at YaleOwen Johnson
hilarious
- very funny or merry