ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Preposterously

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /pɹɪˈpɒstɹəsli/ · Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Preposterously is an adverb meaning In a preposterous manner.

Meaning

In a preposterous manner.

Example Sentences

Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.
The opening sections of Martin’s biography are clogged with genealogical chronicles of the Garcías (the father’s family) and the Márquezes (the mother’s), snaking into the 19th century — a preposterously tangled story of cousins and noncousins united in wedlock, nonwedlock, near-incest, vendetta-mania and frontier trailblazing in the Colombian wilds[…]

Synonyms for preposterously

Depending on context, synonyms include ludicrously, ridiculously, laughably.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ludicrously, ridiculously, laughably, presumptuously, stupidly, unpresumptuously.

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