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killerly entertaining

killerly entertaining

8.9
Very fun and exciting to watch or play
  • adjective
  • Slang
translation icon : extremadamente entretenido
  • Her stand-up routine proved to be killerly entertaining at the comedy club last night.

Examples

  • The new video game was killerly entertaining and kept players hooked for hours.

  • Everyone agreed that the festival was killerly entertaining from start to finish.

  • The movie was killerly entertaining!

  • I found that play to be killerly entertaining.

  • Everyone agreed that the festival was killerly entertaining from start to finish.

  • Her stand-up routine proved to be killerly entertaining at the comedy club last night.

  • The new video game was killerly entertaining and kept players hooked for hours.

Synonyms

fascinating
vskillerly entertaining
577 2.0

Very interesting in a way that keeps your attention

focuses more on thrilling, absorbing enjoyment rather than passive interest
entertaining
vskillerly entertaining
202 1.7

Makes watching or listening enjoyable

is more intense and often thrilling rather than just pleasant
killerly fun
vskillerly entertaining
  • Slang
9.1

Extremely enjoyable and makes people laugh or feel excited

is more thrilling and impressive rather than only intense enjoyment
zingingly fun
vskillerly entertaining
  • Informal
8.7

Full of lively, exciting fun, like a great party or game

is very enjoyable but stresses thrilling or impressive effect
lit
vskillerly entertaining
  • Slang
8.6

Having a lot of fun and excitement, often about parties or events

is extremely enjoyable and often absorbing in a thrilling way

Antonyms

boring
721 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

unentertaining
4.5

Not interesting to watch, read or listen to

How Entertaining

killerly entertaining
  • Slang
8.9
thrilling
102 3.6
exciting
∞ 1.0
entertaining
202 1.7
amusing
208 1.0
enjoyable
119 1.0

Surface Forms

killerly entertaining positive

Morphology

killerly + entertaining

The phrase contains a nonstandard, likely nonce form 'killerly' derived from 'killer' + -ly; a learner who knows 'killer' (which can be slang for 'excellent') and the adverbial/suffixal pattern might infer an intensifying meaning ('extremely entertaining'). However, the formation is unconventional and ambiguous (literal violent sense vs slang), so the meaning is only partially predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Killerly entertaining comes from informal speech where calling something killer meant it had a very strong effect. One popular story says a show could 'kill' an audience — make them laugh or be amazed — so killerly entertaining simply means 'extremely entertaining'.