killingly
- adverb
- /ˈkɪlɪŋli/
- Informal
:
extremadamente divertido
- The comedian delivered his punchlines in a killingly amusing way, making the audience roll with laughter.
Examples
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It was killingly funny.
Academic text (1996) -
- Oh, actually mine are killingly funny.
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His joke was so killingly funny that everyone in the room burst out laughing.
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She told a killingly funny story that had us all in stitches for hours.
Synonyms
72
3.7
In a way that is much too extreme or silly
12
2.5
In a very funny way that makes people laugh
11
3.9
In a funny way that makes people laugh
5
3.0
In a funny way that makes people laugh
5
3.3
In a funny way that makes people laugh
5
7.0
So silly or extreme that it makes people laugh
3
8.1
Very silly or unreasonable in a way that seems laughable
2
6.3
In a very loud, happy way that makes people laugh
2
4.3
In a funny way that makes people laugh
1
7.9
Very funny or easy to notice
1
4.2
In a silly, awkward way that looks funny
1
6.4
In a silly, foolish way like a clown
1
8.1
In a way that makes people laugh a lot
1
7.1
In a joking way to make people laugh
In a way that is very funny and makes people laugh
In a way that makes people laugh because it is silly
In a silly, funny way that makes people laugh
In a way that makes people laugh and enjoy it
In a playful joking way to make people laugh
Antonyms
Compounds
How Funny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word killingly comes from the common verb kill, which people have used in a joking way to mean 'to make people laugh a lot', as when we say 'that joke killed'. So killingly means 'in a way that is very funny'.