ludicrously

lu·di·crous (l

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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.

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

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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.

The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context

Borckman's anger-convulsed face ludicrously attempted a sheepish, deprecating grin, and he was just mumbling, "We was only playing," when Jerry arrived back, leaped in the air, and sank his teeth into the offending hand.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

I would avoid, if possible, treating this matter ludicrously, lest grave men and politicians, whom I know to be offended at a jest, may cry pish at it; but, in reality, might not a battle be as well decided by the greater number of broken heads, bloody noses, and black eyes, as by the greater heaps of mangled and murdered human bodies?

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

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