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ludicrously, adv.|ˈl(j)uːdɪkrəslɪ|
[f. ludicrous + -ly2.]
In a ludicrous manner; † sportively, jestingly, humorously (obs.); ridiculously, absurdly.
a1678Marvell in Life Wks. 1776 III. 462 You do not mean to treat me ludicrously by these munificent offers. 1742H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. xli. 166 It was of a piece with her saying ‘that Swift would have written better if he had never written ludicrously’. 1758Blackstone Comm. (1765) I. Introd. i. 14 They will give me leave, however, to suggest, and that not ludicrously, that it might frequently be of use [etc.]. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope, Circumstances were sometimes added, which..produced what Perrault ludicrously called ‘comparisons with a long tail’. 1844Emerson Lect., New Eng. Ref. Wks. (Bohn) I. 262 As soon as he leaves the University, as it is ludicrously styled, he shuts those books for the last time. 1899E. Griffith-Jones Ascent thro. Christ i. 3 This calculation was ludicrously inadequate. |
