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UPROARIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uproariously mean? 

UPROARIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb UPROARIOUSLY has 1 sense:

1. in a hilarious mannerplay

  Familiarity information: UPROARIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UPROARIOUSLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In a hilarious manner

Synonyms:

hilariously; uproariously

Context example:

hilariously funny

Pertainym:

uproarious (marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter)


 Context examples 


But Grey Beaver laughed loudly, and slapped his thighs, and told the happening to all the rest of the camp, till everybody was laughing uproariously.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The onlookers laughed uproariously, and he felt ashamed, he knew not why, for it was his first snow.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)



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