Hysterically
[hɪs'tɛrɪkli]
Definition
(adv.) in a hysterical manner; 'she screamed hysterically when she heard the news'.
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Examples
- She did not weep again, but laughed hysterically, and trembled and clung to her friend as if she was a little bewildered by the sudden news. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then, the more violent syndicalism proves itself to be, the more hysterically we bait it in the usual vicious circle of ignorance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Having shot this bolt out with a great expenditure of force, Bella hysterically laughed and cried together. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She began to laugh and cry hysterically, and calling out Ma, Pa! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thank you, sir--thank you;' exclaimed Mrs. Bardell hysterically. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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