"like fun" meaning in English

See like fun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like fun, {{en-PP}} like fun
  1. (manner, US, dated) Intensely. Tags: US, dated Synonyms (intensely): like hell, like fuck
    Sense id: en-like_fun-en-prep_phrase-yV4rHQnQ Categories (other): American English Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'intensely': 98 2
  2. (as response, US, dated) Definitely not. Tags: US, dated Synonyms (definitely not): like hell, like fudge, like fuck
    Sense id: en-like_fun-en-prep_phrase-bGfSm91l Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English responses, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 59 Disambiguation of English responses: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'definitely not': 3 97

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