LUDICROUS
\lˈuːdɪkɹəs], \lˈuːdɪkɹəs], \l_ˈuː_d_ɪ_k_ɹ_ə_s]\
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completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
By Princeton University
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Ludicrously.
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Ludicrousness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Ludicrously.
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Ludicrousness.
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Laughable; droll; ridiculous.
By James Champlin Fernald
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