Preposterously

//pɹɪˈpɒstɹəsli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a preposterous manner.

    "Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle."

Adverb
  1. 1
    so as to arouse or deserve laughter wordnet

Example

More examples

"The president-elect has yet to clarify his views, having taken conflicting positions on almost every political issue he chose to address during the election campaign, and on other issues having limited himself to meaningless, preposterously vague promises about the nation's supposed future greatness."

Etymology

From preposterous + -ly.

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