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View synonyms for hysterically

hysterically

[ hi-ster-ik-lee ]

adverb

  1. in an unrestrained or uncontrolled way:

    Whatever she’s thinking comes out her mouth, so the whole team was hysterically laughing at her commentary on our game films.

    Keisha slid to the damp pavement in a heap and buried her face in her hands, sobbing hysterically.

  2. in a way that is very funny:

    My friend's daughter is hysterically paranoid about autoflush toilets, so we’re always on the lookout for a traditional toilet just in case.

  3. stemming from or caused by conversion disorder:

    A group of hysterically blind Cambodian women in California are the largest group of such people known in the world.



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  • sem·i·hys·ter·i·cal·ly adverb
  • un·hys·ter·i·cal·ly adverb

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