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 preposterously
 (ad.)毫無道理地

 Pre·pos·ter·ous a.
 1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. [Obs.]
    The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature.   --Woodward.
 2. Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted. “Most preposterous conclusions.”
    Preposterous ass, that never read so far!   --Shak.
 Syn: -- Absurd; perverted; wrong; irrational; foolish; monstrous. See Absurd.
 -- Pre*pos*ter*ous*ly, adv. -Pre*pos*ter*ous*ness, n.
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 preposterously
      adv : so as to arouse or deserve laughter; "her income was
            laughably small, but she managed to live well" [syn: laughably,
             ridiculously, ludicrously]