Preposterously
//pɹɪˈpɒstɹəsli// adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a preposterous manner.
"Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle."
Adverb
- 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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