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Definition of Preposterously
1. Adverb. So as to arouse or deserve laughter. "Her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well"
Definition of Preposterously
1. Adverb. In a preposterous manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preposterously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preposterously
Literary usage of Preposterously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"Nor is the incarnation so preposterously expressed, as if the flesh were made
the Word, but that the Word was made flesh. And if the manhood were not in the ..."
2. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"... preposterously accompanied with a present of such value, as proved fresh
inducement to re- 1519. main there. Anxiety MEANWHILE, the Spaniards were not ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1842)
"miner, whose office has been thus so preposterously lowered from the rank hitherto
assigned it. The following letter from Dr. Roget, to the Registrar of the ..."
4. Erasmus in Praise of Folly: With Portrait, Life of Erasmus, and His Epistle by Desiderius Erasmus (1922)
"... nay, you may find some so preposterously devout, that they will sooner wink
at the greatest auront against our Saviour, than be content that a prince, ..."
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