Used in a Sentence

hysterically

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hysterically.

Editorial note

You know it's time to go outside when unbounded force graphs flying all over the place is hysterically funny.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

With, or causing, very much laughter.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hysterically gathered in one view.

adverb

With, or causing, very much laughter.

adverb

In a hysterical manner; showing signs of hysteria.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hysterically.

adverb

With, or causing, very much laughter.

adverb

In a hysterical manner; showing signs of hysteria.

Example sentences

1

You know it's time to go outside when unbounded force graphs flying all over the place is hysterically funny.

2

Thank you for actually explaining the issue instead of hysterically screaming nonsense that defies the laws of physics.

3

Medicine will laugh at you hysterically if you say you want to balance work and family life.

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No, exceptions are incomparable much harmful because they don't have destination, they just hysterically run, crashing everything on their way.

5

That definitely doesn't devalue the lives of all those people or reveal you as hysterically self-important.

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And by the 1496 pages in that Java textbook, which, hysterically, serves as merely an introduction...

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It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities.

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This is a review of what sounds like a hysterically paranoid book.

9

All four of us found it highly entertaining, and often hysterically funny.

10

Doesn't the law tend to follow morality hysterically (ie with hysteresis).

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His punishment is either punitive or hysterically motivated.

12

In as much as I understand it, it makes me laugh hysterically.

Quote examples

1

I'm getting sick of the left giving the horrible Castro regime a free pass by hysterically yelling, "embargo" everytime Cuba comes up.

2

Own-wy ten dollah!” She laughed hysterically, “I clean you house!” The programmers sniggered loudly.

3

As the lab's Geiger counter clicked hysterically, Louis used his bare hand to push the upper plutonium hemisphere off and onto the floor, which terminated the supercritical reaction moments after it began." Big oopsie.

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* = by "make sense" I mean it'd fit within the my cynical view of the media's "hysterically report on things to drum up interest" strategy.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hysterically in a sentence?

You know it's time to go outside when unbounded force graphs flying all over the place is hysterically funny.

What does hysterically mean?

With, or causing, very much laughter.

What part of speech is hysterically?

hysterically is commonly used as adverb.