preposterously

Adverb

Meaning

so as to arouse or deserve laughter

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Examples

But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which the Lord has bestowed upon us, for His glory and our good, shall not be preposterously abused, nay, shall not be perverted to our destruction. John Calvin

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid. Stephen Hopkins

There were no jobs created in America from 1945, when the war ended, through 2003. How could there be? Taxes were too high. Preposterously so under Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan (who left office with a 28 percent rate on long-term capital gains) and Bush the Elder. Andrew Tobias

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

In a culture where everyone is accused of “racism” (or, more preposterously still, “white supremacy”), it makes perfect sense even — or perhaps especially — for a libertarian not to be eager to jump mindlessly aboard the demonization bandwagon. Source: Internet

Even the logo was preposterously simple, a stylized shadow of a person bending down to pick something off the ground. Source: Internet

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