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absurdly

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ab·surd  (b-sûrd, -zûrd)
adj.
1. Ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable. See Synonyms at foolish.
2. Of, relating to, or manifesting the view that there is no order or value in human life or in the universe.
3. Of or relating to absurdism or the absurd.
n.
The condition or state in which humans exist in a meaningless, irrational universe wherein people's lives have no purpose or meaning. Used chiefly with the.

[Latin absurdus, out of tune, absurd : ab-, intensive pref.; see ab-1 + surdus, deaf, muffled.]

ab·surdi·ty (-sûrd-t, -zûr-), ab·surdness n.
ab·surdly adv.
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Adv.1.absurdly - in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; "an absurdly rich young woman"

absurdly
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absurdly [əbˈsɜːdlɪ] ADV [long, complicated] → absurdamente, ridículamente
they were all laughing absurdlytodos se estaban riendo de una forma ridícula
absurdly [æbˈsɜːrdli] adv (= ridiculously) [low, high, expensive, simple] → ridiculement; [young, optimistic] → ridiculement
absurdly
adv behave, reactabsurd; fast, rich, expensive etcunsinnig; he suggested very absurdlyer machte absurderweise den Vorschlag, …
absurdly [əbˈsɜːdlɪ] adv (see adj) → assurdamente, in modo ridicolo


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For there was never proud man thought so absurdly well of himself, as the lover doth of the person loved; and therefore it was well said, That it is impossible to love, and to be wise.
Moving very slowly, and rearing absurdly high over each wave, the little boat was now approaching a white crescent of sand.
On the night before the assault on Seringapatam, he was absurdly angry with me, and with others, for treating the whole thing as a fable.
 
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