| English Dictionary |
HYSTERICALLY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does hysterically mean?
• HYSTERICALLY (adverb)
The adverb HYSTERICALLY has 1 sense:
1. in a hysterical manner
Familiarity information: HYSTERICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a hysterical manner
Context example:
she screamed hysterically when she heard the news
Pertainym:
hysterical (marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion)
Context examples
She did not weep again, but laughed hysterically, and trembled and clung to her friend as if she was a little bewildered by the sudden news.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
She ran frantically, hysterically, straining to the utmost, advertising the effort she was making with every leap: and all the time White Fang slid smoothly away from her silently, without effort, gliding like a ghost over the ground.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"He who digs someone else's grave shall fall in it himself." (Bulgarian proverb)
"Experimenting is the great science." (Arabic proverb)
"Clothes make the man." (Dutch proverb)