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ludicrously

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lu·di·crous  (ld-krs)
adj.
Laughable or hilarious because of obvious absurdity or incongruity. See Synonyms at foolish.
[From Latin ldicrus, sportive, from ldus, game; see leid- in Indo-European roots.]
ludi·crous·ly adv.
ludi·crous·ness n.
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Adv.1.ludicrously - so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
laughably, preposterously, ridiculously
Translations
ludicrously [ˈluːdɪkrəslɪ] ADV → ridículamente, absurdamente
ludicrously [ˈluːdɪkrəsli] adv → ridiculement
ludicrously
adv → grotesk; small, little, low → lächerlich; (= appallingly) high, fast → haarsträubend; it takes me a ludicrously long time to … → ich brauche lachhaft lange dazu, zu …; ludicrously expensive → absurd teuer; prices are ludicrously high/low → die Preise sind haarsträubend or absurd hoch/lächerlich or grotesk niedrig; the description is ludicrously inadequate → die Beschreibung ist hoffnungslos unzulänglich
ludicrously [ˈluːdɪkrəslɪ] adv → in modo ridicolo
ludicrously [ˈluːdɪkrəslɪ] adv → in modo ridicolo


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I found her to be high and mighty, chiefly, I think, because she now wore a nurse's cap with streamers, of which the little creature was ludicrously proud.
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