Absurdly
[əb'sɜːdlɪ] or [əb'sɝdli]
Definition
(adv.) in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree; 'an absurdly rich young woman'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an absurd manner.
Inputed by Alex
Examples
- Oh, I do think these phrases are too absurdly wonderful. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Almost all social prediction is catastrophic and absurdly simplified. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There was something in that emphasized 'What,' which absurdly frightened the figure. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How absurdly simple! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In the eighteenth century ladies wore shoes with absurdly high heels, a ridiculous fashion which has come back within our own times. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Yeobright had enunciated the word her with a fervour which, in conversation with a mother, was absurdly indiscreet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- His arms and legs were like great pincushions of those shapes, and his attire disguised him absurdly; but I knew his half-closed eye at one glance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Thoughtless and superficial people may say, Here is surely a very trumpery little incident related in an absurdly circumstantial manner. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It seems absurdly simple, and yet, somehow I can get nothing to go upon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The servants were so surprised at seeing me that they hurried and bustled absurdly, and made all sorts of annoying mistakes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- On the night before the assault on Seringapatam, he was absurdly angry with me, and with others, for treating the whole thing as a fable. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Because in five minutes you will say that it is all so absurdly simple. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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