Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Convulsively hearty; uproarious. Used of laughter.
- adjective Causing convulsive laughter; extremely funny.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of laughter Intensely
uncontrollable andgenuine . - adjective Exceptionally funny;
hilarious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very funny
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Examples
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NT Director Nicholas Hytner gets an awesome ensemble performance from his troupe—the sub-plot of wannabe-actor Alan (Daniel Rigby) wanting to marry Pauline (Claire Lams), whom her gangster father (Fred Ridgeway) has promised to the murdered gangster is equally sidesplitting.
Small-Screen Stars Shine on Stage Paul Levy 2011
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Some of the most sidesplitting letters at the Ransom Center come from Irving Hoffman, a former Broadway publicist and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
Elana Estrin: What Joan Rivers and Marcel Proust Doodled on Their Mail Elana Estrin 2011
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Some of the most sidesplitting letters at the Ransom Center come from Irving Hoffman, a former Broadway publicist and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
Elana Estrin: What Joan Rivers and Marcel Proust Doodled on Their Mail Elana Estrin 2011
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Some of the most sidesplitting letters at the Ransom Center come from Irving Hoffman, a former Broadway publicist and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
Elana Estrin: What Joan Rivers and Marcel Proust Doodled on Their Mail Elana Estrin 2011
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Some of the most sidesplitting letters at the Ransom Center come from Irving Hoffman, a former Broadway publicist and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
Elana Estrin: What Joan Rivers and Marcel Proust Doodled on Their Mail Elana Estrin 2011
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Some of the most sidesplitting letters at the Ransom Center come from Irving Hoffman, a former Broadway publicist and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
Elana Estrin: What Joan Rivers and Marcel Proust Doodled on Their Mail Elana Estrin 2011
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The Republican Party's slapstick search for a leader would be heartwarming and sidesplitting, but for the tragic knowledge that one of these scrambling midgets will collect tens of millions of votes in the presidential election of 2012.
Frank Schaeffer: President Obama Will Win In An Overwhelming Landslide in 2012 and Will Deserve the Victory Frank Schaeffer 2011
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Some of the most sidesplitting letters at the Ransom Center come from Irving Hoffman, a former Broadway publicist and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
Elana Estrin: What Joan Rivers and Marcel Proust Doodled on Their Mail Elana Estrin 2011
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Some of the most sidesplitting letters at the Ransom Center come from Irving Hoffman, a former Broadway publicist and columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
Elana Estrin: What Joan Rivers and Marcel Proust Doodled on Their Mail Elana Estrin 2011
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TwitWit promises to turn the most mundane tweets into wryly amusing bon mots, Seinfeldesque observations, and sidesplitting jokes.
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