sidesplittingly

1. 1.

   in a very humorous manner

   Synonymskillingly

Questions about sidesplittingly

What does sidesplittingly mean?

sidesplittingly means "in a very humorous manner".

How many syllables are in sidesplittingly?

sidesplittingly has 5 syllables and divides as si-de-split-tin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sidesplittingly?

Close synonyms include killingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sidesplittingly a common word?

sidesplittingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.