sidesplittingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

sidesplitting +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

sidesplittingly (comparative more sidesplittingly, superlative most sidesplittingly)

  1. In a sidesplitting manner; hilariously.
    • 2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC[1]:
      There were moments when I doubted whether it was worth all the effort – whether it was crazy of Anderson to toil so obsessively over three breezy, cheeky vignettes which are neither sidesplittingly hilarious nor heart-wrenchingly insightful.