screamingly

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adverb

While screaming, or as if screaming

“a screamingly funny joke”

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Meanings

adverbscreamingly (comparative more screamingly, superlative most screamingly)

comparative more screamingly · superlative most screamingly

  1. While screaming, or as if screaming

    The wind howled screamingly.

    1 more example

    "For Haughley Junction, we are talking of rising cost estimates from £15m to £30m - that's loose change in rail terms. I do think that with regard to the spending taps being loosened by the DfT, it would be good to convert projects like this. Ely North Junction is another that is screamingly important."

    2020 April 22, Richard Clinnick, “"We are feeling positive"”, in Rail, page 62
  2. informalSo as to cause great hilarity.

    a screamingly funny joke

  3. slangTo a great degree.

    a screamingly boring lecture

Origin

Translations

Esperanto kriege
  • kriegewhile screaming or as if screaming
Cite this entry
APA

screamingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screamingly

MLA

“screamingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screamingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screamingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screamingly.

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