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: si-de-split-tin-gly. The stress falls on "split".

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.