1.
Someone who is ~ is in a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic.
Police and bodyguards had to protect him as the almost ~ crowds struggled to approach him...
ADJ
~ly
I don’t think we can go round screaming ~ly: ‘Ban these dogs. Muzzle all dogs.’
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj/adv
2.
Someone who is ~ is in a state of violent and disturbed emotion that is usually a result of shock.
I suffered bouts of really ~ depression.
ADJ
~ly
I was curled up on the floor in a corner sobbing ~ly.
ADV
3.
Hysterical laughter is loud and uncontrolled. (INFORMAL)
I had to rush to the loo to avoid an attack of ~ giggles.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
She says she hasn’t laughed as ~ly since she was 13.
ADV: ADV with v
4.
If you describe something or someone as ~, you think that they are very funny and they make you laugh a lot. (INFORMAL)
Paul Mazursky was Master of Ceremonies, and he was pretty ~.
ADJ
~ly
It wasn’t supposed to be a comedy but I found it ~ly funny.
ADV: ADV adj