preposterously

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adverb

In a preposterous manner.

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Meanings

adverbpreposterously (comparative more preposterously, superlative most preposterously)

comparative more preposterously · superlative most preposterously

  1. In a preposterous manner.

    Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle.

    1852, William Hamilton, Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform
    1 more example

    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[…]

    2009 June 7, Paul Berman, “Telling the Tale”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbso as to arouse or deserve laughter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

preposterously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preposterously

MLA

“preposterously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preposterously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preposterously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preposterously.

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