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LUDICROUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ludicrously mean?
• LUDICROUSLY (adverb)
The adverb LUDICROUSLY has 1 sense:
1. so as to arouse or deserve laughter
Familiarity information: LUDICROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
So as to arouse or deserve laughter
Synonyms:
laughably; ludicrously; preposterously; ridiculously
Context example:
her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
Pertainym:
ludicrous (broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce)
Context examples
To wit, in manner following, that is to say: Again, Mr. Micawber had a relish in this formal piling up of words, which, however ludicrously displayed in his case, was, I must say, not at all peculiar to him.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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