laughably

Adverb

Meaning

so as to arouse or deserve laughter

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Examples

her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well Source: Internet

Bertrand Russell, Wisdom of the West (New York: Crescent Books, 1989), p. 303. Roger Scruton stated that: "His major work Being and Time is formidably difficult—unless it is utter nonsense, in which case it is laughably easy. Source: Internet

And though DeMonaco’s dialogue skews laughably phony, it’s hard not to like the way he motivates his characters, setting up conflicts of goals rather than personalities. Source: Internet

Kathleen Norris in her book Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith characterizes this transformation of the original words as "wretched English" making the line that replaces the original "laughably bland". Source: Internet

Ace Smith, a campaign consultant for the Brown campaign, called the allegations “wacky and nutty” and “laughably idiotic.” Source: Internet

As in other belligerent nations, official attempts to impose price controls were for the most part laughably ineffective, their only result being to drive trade in controlled goods on to the thriving black market. Source: Internet

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