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ludicrously

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ludicrous  \Lu"di*crous\,  a.  [L.  ludicrus,  or  ludicer  from  ludus 
  play,  sport,  fr  ludere  to  play.] 
  Adapted  to  excite  laughter,  without  scorn  or  contempt; 
  sportive.  --Broome. 
 
  A  chapter  upon  German  rhetoric  would  be  in  the  same 
  ludicrous  predicament  as  Van  Troil's  chapter  on  the 
  snakes  of  Iceland,  which  delivers  its  business  in  one 
  summary  sentence,  announcing,  that  snakes  in  Iceland  -- 
  there  are  none.  --De  Quincey. 
 
  Syn:  Laughable;  sportive;  burlesque;  comic;  droll; 
  ridiculous. 
 
  Usage:  {Ludicrous},  {Laughable},  {Ridiculous}.  We  speak  of  a 
  thing  as  ludicrous  when  it  tends  to  produce  laughter; 
  as  laughable  when  the  impression  is  somewhat  stronger; 
  as  ridiculous  when  more  or  less  contempt  is  mingled 
  with  the  merriment  created.  --  {Lu"di*crous*ly},  adv 
  --  {Lu"di*crous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ludicrously 
  adv  :  so  as  to  arouse  or  deserve  laughter;  "her  income  was 
  laughably  small  but  she  managed  to  live  well"  [syn:  {laughably}, 
  {ridiculously},  {preposterously}]




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