Usually means: Ridiculously, absurdly to an extreme.
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  1. preposterously: Merriam-Webster
  2. preposterously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preposterously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. preposterously: Vocabulary.com
  5. preposterously: Wordnik
  6. preposterously: Wiktionary
  7. preposterously: Dictionary.com
  8. preposterously: Rhymezone
  9. preposterously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. preposterously: FreeDictionary.org
  11. preposterously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. preposterously: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. preposterously: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. preposterously: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a preposterous manner.

Similar:
ludicrously, ridiculously, laughably, presumptuously, stupidly, unpresumptuously, portentously, foolishly, suppositiously, opprobriously, more...

Types:
absurdly, ridiculously, ludicrously, more...

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Similar:
ludicrously, ridiculously, laughably, presumptuously, stupidly, unpresumptuously, portentously, foolishly, suppositiously, opprobriously, more...

Types:
absurdly, ridiculously, ludicrously, more...



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