All 5 Uses

hysteria
in
That Summer, by Sarah Dessen
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Apparently Carol had called early in the morning, hysterical, and cried and cried on the phone, saying her fiancé had decided he would not attend and neglect his own family for the wedding of someone he had never even met.†
Chpt 3

hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
"Honey," my mother said, trying to be calm, but there was that crazy edge creeping into her voice, the family hysteria swelling to full force.†
Chpt 3 *
She was sure Gwendolyn was going to make another appearance, or burst out the door for another hysterical walk through the neighborhood.†
Chpt 8

hysterical = exceedingly funny (resulting in uncontrollable laughter); or exhibiting excessive, uncontrollable emotion
I lay there and listened as they talked about Carol, the difficult bridesmaid, who was supposed to fly in that afternoon but apparently had called earlier to say she had broken off her own engagement just this morning and was therefore too hysterical to attend.†
Chpt 11
Mom's practically hysterical calling everyone, and then Sumner Lee shows up and says you went running off into the woods back here.†
Chpt 12

Definitions:

(1) (hysteria)
a state of excessive, uncontrollable emotion

In addition to being the adjective form of hysteria, the form hysterical can also indicate that something is exceedingly funny (leading to uncontrollable laughter)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)