preposterously
3
8.1
- adverb
- /prɪˈpɑːstərəsli/
:
absurdamente
- The idea of flying cows is preposterously silly and makes everyone laugh.
- preposterously large
- preposterously low
- so preposterously
Examples
-
The vision of beets, almost preposterously appropriate, seemed to welcome me to town.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the late 1980s, Bin Laden established his own band of Arab fighters in Afghanistan and led them on preposterously daring missions of little strategic value against the Soviets.
Academic text (2011) -
I mean, what a preposterously stupid idea it is to think that the government maybe, just maybe lies to us.
Blog text (8) -
And Peter looked so preposterously perfect in his makeup.
Fiction book (1995) -
And so, preposterously, ends Carney's chapter on It's a Wonderful Life.
Fiction book (1995) -
On record, The Doors sometimes seem preposterously ponderous and faux-heavy.
Blog text (29) -
The vast majority of random moves are preposterously silly, but every once in a while, the computer makes a truly brilliant choice, which keeps Scalapino engaged for half an hour.
Fiction book (1994) -
Often she came home with bruised apples and preposterously squashed melons.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Preposterously, Bill realized he was referring to his capacity for trust—not his trustworthiness..."
Fiction book (1998) -
But they were also so singularly accessible and so overwhelmingly popular that he has been blamed, preposterously, for the death of poetry, as if readers reared on Longfellow were ruined forever for anything tougher.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
72
3.7
In a way that is much too extreme or silly
29
4.8
In a way that is out of control with loud laughter or crying
23
5.0
In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme
12
4.4
In a strange or unexpected way
12
4.7
In a wild and foolish way
12
2.5
In a very funny way that makes people laugh
11
3.9
In a funny way that makes people laugh
7
5.5
So silly or weak that people laugh at it
5
7.0
So silly or extreme that it makes people laugh
2
6.3
In a very loud, happy way that makes people laugh
1
8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
1
6.4
In a silly, foolish way like a clown
1
7.9
In a very silly way
1
8.1
In a way that makes people laugh a lot
In a way that makes people laugh because it is silly
In a way that is very funny and makes people laugh
In a way that is very funny and makes people laugh
In a silly, funny way that makes people laugh
In a funny, strange way that makes people laugh
Behave in a silly, foolish way that seems a bit crazy
Antonyms
How Absurd
Surface Forms
Morphology
preposterously = preposterous (transparent) = preposterous + ly
Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'preposterous' using the productive suffix '-ly', so the manner meaning is directly predictable from the adjective.
Etymology
The word preposterously comes from pre-, meaning 'before', as in prepare, and a second part that meant 'after', so it pictures putting 'the last before the first'. That's why something done preposterously is very out of order, silly, or absurd.