ludicrously adv.
滑稽地, 可笑地
ludicrously[ adv ]
so as to arouse or deserve laughter
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her income was laughably small, but she managed to live well
Ludicrous \Lu"di*crous\, a. [L. ludicrus, or ludicer, from ludus
play, sport, fr. ludere to play.]
1. 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.
2. Ridiculously absurd.
[PJC]
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.
- The ruling was the sort of inspection-by-microscope that, I think, is ludicrously out of place in the rough and tumble of the gridiron.
- Resources trickling down to the countries most in need have at times become a ludicrously small portion of WHO expenditures.
- But an industry that always finds a way to do damage control on a ludicrously untimely Donald Trump or Pete Rose book can always manage a salvage operation.
- Whereas in 1993 it was almost ludicrously easy to make money, this year it has been simple to lose it.
- However, if BFI did not have price sensitive information, 'it gives the lie to last week's whispers that BFI bid at such a ludicrously low price because it knew something other shareholders did not', said Mr Ken Foreman, chief executive.
- Meanwhile, on current year forecasts of Pounds 7.5m to Pounds 8m pre-tax the shares look ludicrously overpriced on a prospective p/e of about 35 on a sub-normal tax charge.